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== Clinically Relevant Anatomy == | == Clinically Relevant Anatomy == | ||
The “calf muscle” is a muscle that consists out of three different muscles. The gastrocnemius, soleus and plantaris all have the same Achilles tendon insertion on the calcaneus. <br>The gastrocnemius is located in the posterior compartment of the lower leg. It consists out of two “heads”. The medial head finds its origin on the medial condyle and the lateral head originates from the lateral condyle of the femur. Its function is flexing the leg at the knee joint, but also plantar flexing the foot in the joints of the ankle. <br>The plantaris also finds its origin on the lateral condyle of the femur and on the oblique popliteal ligament. Its function is plantar flexing the foot (in the ankle joint). <br>The soleus originates from the head of the fibula, and the facies posterior of the tibia and fibula. The function of this muscle is plantar flexion of the foot. <br>[6]<br> | |||
== Epidemiology /Etiology == | == Epidemiology /Etiology == | ||
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The “calf muscle” is a muscle that consists out of three different muscles. The gastrocnemius, soleus and plantaris all have the same Achilles tendon insertion on the calcaneus.
The gastrocnemius is located in the posterior compartment of the lower leg. It consists out of two “heads”. The medial head finds its origin on the medial condyle and the lateral head originates from the lateral condyle of the femur. Its function is flexing the leg at the knee joint, but also plantar flexing the foot in the joints of the ankle.
The plantaris also finds its origin on the lateral condyle of the femur and on the oblique popliteal ligament. Its function is plantar flexing the foot (in the ankle joint).
The soleus originates from the head of the fibula, and the facies posterior of the tibia and fibula. The function of this muscle is plantar flexion of the foot.
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