Is Rectus Femoris Bipennate?

A type of pennate muscle wherein the muscle fibers or fascicles are in opposite sides of the central tendon. Example of bipennate muscle is rectus femoris.

Is rectus femoris a bipennate muscle?

The rectus femoris is a bipennate muscle with fibers of the lateral half of the muscle running superomedial to inferolateral, whereas the vastus lateralis is a unipennate muscle with fibers running superolateral to inferomedial (Fig. 78.4).

Which of the following is Bipennate?

If there are fascicles on both sides of the central tendon, the pennate muscle is called bipennate (Fig. 1B). The rectus femoris, a large muscle in the quadriceps, is typical.

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