gastrocnemius in English

noun

1

the chief muscle of the calf of the leg, which flexes the knee and foot. It runs to the Achilles tendon from two heads attached to the femur.

The gastrocnemius muscle and soleus muscle, via the Achilles tendon, function as the chief plantar flexors of the ankle joint.

Use "gastrocnemius" in a sentence

1. Your Calf muscle is actually two muscles, the gastrocnemius muscle and the soleus muscle

2. Using a plantar approach, the superficial digital flexor tendon, gastrocnemius tendon, the bone surfaces of the two lobes of the tuber Calcanei and the gastrocnemius bursa and the calcaneal bursa of the superficial digital

3. The four large muscle groups hamstrings, adductors, gastrocnemius and knee extensor muscles are most often affected.

4. An Achilles tendon rupture is also known as the gastrocnemius tendon’s rupture or the common Calcanean tendon

5. ‘The transection of the flexor tendons and the aponeurosis was an unavoidable consequence of these limitations and was standardized in all specimens.’ ‘The tendon of plantaris is still located between the Aponeuroses of soleus and gastrocnemius.’ ‘The gastrocnemius muscle aponeurosis is …

6. ‘The transection of the flexor tendons and the aponeurosis was an unavoidable consequence of these limitations and was standardized in all specimens.’ ‘The tendon of plantaris is still located between the Aponeuroses of soleus and gastrocnemius.’ ‘The gastrocnemius muscle aponeurosis is …

7. The action of the tendon travels to the transverse tarsal joints, locking them and allowing the gastrocnemius to support heel rise.

8. What Causes Calf Tightness? There are two major muscles in your Calves – the gastrocnemius muscle and the soleus muscle

9. Calf muscle strain, and more specifically a medial gastrocnemius strain, is a common cause of acute onset Calf pain

10. Clonus is commonly elicited in gastrocnemius (ankle Clonus). Other sites where Clonus can be elicited are quadriceps (patellar Clonus), finger flexors and jaw

11. 29 Nutrient vessel of cutaneous nerve-superficial vein and its blood supply relationship with tibia, fibula and gastrocnemius muscle and soleus muscle.

12. A Calf strain is a tear in either the gastrocnemius muscle or the soleus muscle which together make up the Calf muscle group.

13. Part of the butt corresponding to the following muscles: gastrocnemius, biceps femoris and glutaeofemoralis, biceps femoris and glutaeofemoralis, semitendinosus (eye of round) and gluteus: spericialis, medius, profundus, accessorius (rump steak).

14. The number of stimulated motor units in a nerve muscle preparation of the gastrocnemius of decerebrated or anaesthetized cats can be varied by altering the intensity of the stimuli applied to the motoric nerve or to the ventral roots.

15. A calcaneal fracture is a very disabling injury because it destroys the ability of the gastrocnemius muscle and the rest of the common Calcanean tendon apparatus to prevent hyperflexion of the hock joint, resulting in a plantigrade stance.

16. The Arcuate ligament is a Y-shaped thickening of the capsule that has two limbs: the lateral limb ascends to blend with the capsule near the lateral gastrocnemius muscle, and the medial limb curves over the popliteus to join with the oblique popliteal ligament [1, 17].