0 a Latin word meaning "lateral" (= relating to the sides of an object or to sideways movement), used in medical names and descriptions
Total number, size and proportion of different fiber types studied in whole vastus lateralis muscle from 15- to 83-year-old men.
A clinically affected muscle should be biopsied, typically deltoid or vastus lateralis.
Results showed significant increases in activation of tibialis anterior, gastrocnemius, soleus, rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, medial hamstring, biceps femoris, and gluteus maximus before foot strike.
Laterally and medially to the patellar ligament the lateral and medial patellar retinacula connect fibers from the vasti lateralis and medialis muscles to the tibia.
This study looked at the muscle specific tension in the quadriceps femoris and vastus lateralis of forty-two young men.
The vastus lateralis and vastus medialis are attached to lateral and medial borders of patella respectively.
The pigmentation on the nape is interrupted by a pair of pale, comma-shaped lateralis tubes.
It is between the vastus lateralis and biceps femoris.