‖ quadratus Anat.
(kwəˈdreɪtəs)
[L.: see quadrate n.1 and a.]
A quadrate muscle. quadratus femoris, quadratus lumborum, etc. (see quadrate a. 1 c).
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Quadratus..a name applied to several muscles, in respect of their square figure; as the palmaris, and pronators. 1756 Winslow Anat. (ed. 4) I. 211 A tendon..inserted between the Gemelli and Quadratus. 1843 J. G. Wilkinson Swedenborg's Anim. Kingd. I. ii. 60 Some of the before mentioned muscles: these are the triangulares and quadratus. 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 3 The two psoas muscles and the quadratus lumborum. |