NOUN
- the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot
How To Use gastrocnemius muscle In A Sentence
- The fabella is a sesamoid bone of the lateral gastrocnemius muscle.
- Hold your feet perpendicular to your shins to involve the gastrocnemius muscle.
- Some physicians have advocated the use of heel lifts to shorten the gastrocnemius muscle.
- An incision was made in the middle of the crural fascia, starting at the insertion of the Achilles tendon and extending up to the popliteal fossa to the level of origin of the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle.
- This exercise focuses on the hamstrings but also involves the gastrocnemius muscles.
- The gastrocnemius muscle aponeurosis is well defined and thick.
- The capsule also is reinforced in front by the patellar and quadriceps tendons and posteriorly by the popliteus and gastrocnemius muscles.
- The gastrocnemius muscle and soleus muscle, via the Achilles tendon, function as the chief plantar flexors of the ankle joint.
- For example, if your gastrocnemius muscles are bunched high up on your lower legs, do more seated calf raises, which target your soleus, a muscle that travels the length of your calves.
- The symptoms of "tennis leg" most commonly results from an acute rupture of the Achilles tendon and less frequently, by a tear in one of the calf muscles, the gastrocnemius muscle, or the plantaris tendon. Helene Pavlov: Tennis Season Is Here -- All About a Common Noncontact Injuries in the Lower Leg
