Definitions for vastus

vastus vas·tus

Spelling: [vas-tuh s]
IPA: /ˈvæs təs/

Vastus is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 69 anagrams from letters in vastus (asstuv).

Definitions for vastus

noun

  1. 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.

Origin of vastus

Latin: vast

Examples for vastus

We also partly see there, in these animals, the vastus internus and the rectus of the triceps (see Fig. 87).

It covers the rectus and vastus externus portions of the triceps cruris; it is also in relation with the gluteal muscles.

vastus animus immoderata, incredibilia, nimis alta semper cupiebat.

The two fasciculi then pass towards the knee, being in relation with the rectus and the vastus internus of the triceps.

In the dog and the cat the vastus externus is the most voluminous of the three portions which constitute the triceps muscle.

Ossification in the crureus or vastus lateralis muscle has been frequently observed as a result of a kick from a horse.

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