any of various muscles that are more or less square in shape
Examples of 'quadratus' in a sentence
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Inclusion imaging parameters were edema or atrophy of the quadratus femoris muscle.
B Vanzieleghem, F Van Kerkhove, K Govaers 2014, 'Clinical significance of signal changes in the quadratus femoris muscle on MR', Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiologyhttps://www.jbsr.be/articles/37. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Diagnostic quadratus lumborum injection helps differentiate between these two.
Asha Satish Barge, Satish Mahadeo Barge 2018, 'Quadratus lumborum: One of the many significant causes of low back pain', Indian Journal of Painhttp://www.indianjpain.org/article.asp?issn=0970-5333;year=2018;volume=32;issue=3;spage=184;epage=186;aulast=Barge. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
After 4 years of stable disease, progression at the quadratus lumborum and psoas muscles led to subsequent metastasectomy.
Tiago Ribeiro de Oliveira, Adama Ouattara, Wouter Everaerts, Gert De Meerleer, StevenJoniau 2019, 'Nine-year survival after iterative metastasectomies for renal cell carcinoma', Urology Annalshttp://www.urologyannals.com/article.asp?issn=0974-7796;year=2019;volume=11;issue=2;spage=219;epage=221;aulast=de. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)