Cat dissection: Gluteal muscles and the biceps femoris m. have been removed. Identify three of the four heads of quadriceps femoris m.: the vastus lateralis (1) has been detached from the femur (asterisk) and reflected distally, revealing the rectus femoris (2) and the vastus intermedius (3).

Other labeled muscles are: tensor fasciae latae (4), sartorius (5), internal obturator (6), quadratus femoris (7), adductor (8), semimembranosus (9), semitendinosus (10), and gastrocnemius (11).

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