<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Quadriceps femoris muscle </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Quadriceps femoris, with different muscles in different colors . rectus femoris - blue vastus lateralis - yellow vastus intermedius - green vastus medialis - red </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Details </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Origin </Th> <Td> Combined rectus femoris and vastus muscles </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Insertion </Th> <Td> Tibial tuberosity </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Artery </Th> <Td> Femoral artery </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nerve </Th> <Td> Femoral nerve </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Actions </Th> <Td> Knee extension; Hip flexion (Rectus femoris only) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Identifiers </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Latin </Th> <Td> Musculus quadriceps femoris </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dorlands / Elsevier </Th> <Td> Quadriceps femoris muscle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> TA </Th> <Td> A04. 7.02. 017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> FMA </Th> <Td> 22428 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anatomical terms of muscle (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Quadriceps femoris muscle </Th> </Tr>

The quadriceps femoris is composed of three vastus muscles and the