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any of several muscles in the front part of the thigh constituting part of the quadriceps muscle, the action of which assists in extending the leg

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  • Read what Cicero and Quintilian say of enunciation, and see what a stress they lay upon the gracefulness of it; nay, Cicero goes further, and even maintains, that a good figure...
  • JT so sorry to hear about your andke and your vastus lateralis.
  • Fotod tulid nii: a. kirjuta iga küsimuse vastus Flickri otsingusse b. vali üks pilt esimeselt lehelt
  • The tendinous sheath given off from the long adductor muscle, crossing the vessels, and becoming adherent to the vastus internus muscle.
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