How To Use Gastrocnemius In A Sentence
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The position of the legs - with the bottom tucked in - will develop the gluteus, adductors, and gastrocnemius muscles to name but a few.
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I do standing calf raises for gastrocnemius and seated calf raises for soleus muscles.
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'The good news is it's an insignificant muscle, not your gastroc (gastrocnemius) or one of your main muscles in your calf, the bad news is you're going to be out.'
New Orleans Saints Central
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Objective: To provide morphologic bases for clinical selective tibial neurotomy of the muscular branches to the gastrocnemius for calf reduction.
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The tendon of plantaris is still located between the aponeuroses of soleus and gastrocnemius.
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Achilles tendonitis is common, especially in players who have tightness in their soleus and gastrocnemius (calves).
Times, Sunday Times
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Between the heads of the gastrocnemius, the nerve, H, giving off large branches to this muscle, lies upon the popliteal vein, G, where this is joined by the posterior saphena vein.
Surgical Anatomy
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The medial superior genicular runs in front of the Semimembranosus and Semitendinosus, above the medial head of the Gastrocnemius, and passes beneath the tendon of the Adductor magnus.
VI. The Arteries. 6c. The Popliteal Artery
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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.
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Your lower-body muscles include: the quadriceps, the hamstrings, the gluteus maximus, the abductors, the adductors, and the gastrocnemius and soleus of your calves.
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Thus, reflux at the saphenofemoral junction, saphenopopliteal junction, and within the deep venous system, including the popliteal vein beneath the knee and the gastrocnemius veins, can be detected without invasive techniques.
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The exercise program consisted of 8 resistance exercises on a multigym apparatus for 3 upper body muscles (triceps, biceps, and latissimus dorsi) and 4 lower body muscles (quadriceps, hamstrings, gluteals, gastrocnemius/soleus).
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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
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The gastrocnemius muscle and soleus muscle, via the Achilles tendon, function as the chief plantar flexors of the ankle joint.
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As the foot strikes the ground, the toes are pointed - the ankle is extended by contraction of the gastrocnemius - whilst the knee is also extended.
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Exercise-induced muscle damage was reflected by Z-band abnormality of rat soleus muscle, with changes of serum and red gastrocnemius muscle CK measured simultaneously.
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Example is when the gastrocnemius (calf) muscle raises the weight of the body on the toes.
Muscles Part 1
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-- Seize upon the foot, and forcibly adducting it, taking pains to flex the leg so as to relax the gastrocnemius muscle, and to give the part a gentle rocking motion.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital.
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The other major muscle group in the leg is the gastrocnemius, the big calf muscle.
THE PROGRAM
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Extension of the stifle joint would increase the distance between the femoral origin of the gastrocnemius and its insertion to the summit of fibular tarsal bone (calcis) were it not for the gastrocnemius and superficial flexor (perforatus).
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
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Compared with a control group of women who usually wore flat shoes, the stiletto wearers 'Achilles tendons were about 20% stiffer, and the fibers of the gastrocnemius muscle in their calves were about 12% shorter.
A Long Legacy of Affection
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For example, during a static stretch of the gastrocnemius (calf muscle) the participants should continue to swing the arms, or alternate active movement and static stretching.
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The lateral inferior genicular runs lateralward above the head of the fibula to the front of the knee-joint, passing in its course beneath the lateral head of the Gastrocnemius, the fibular collateral ligament, and the tendon of the Biceps femoris.
VI. The Arteries. 6c. The Popliteal Artery
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From the ankle, the saphenous vein ascends the calf along the border of the gastrocnemius muscle.
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-- This condition though rarely met with in the horse, is the result of violent strain upon the os calcis by the gastrocnemius and superficial flexor tendons in efforts put forth by animals in attempts to regain a footing when the hind feet slip forward under the body, or in jumping and in falls or direct contusion by heavy bodies.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
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Objective To characterize the isometric contractility of Bufo gastrocnemius ex vivo in light of the rest tension.
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The fabella is a sesamoid bone of the lateral gastrocnemius muscle.
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In company with this nerve will be seen the posterior saphena vein, L, which, commencing behind the outer ankle, ascends the mesial line of the calf to join the popliteal vein, G, in the cleft between the heads of the gastrocnemius.
Surgical Anatomy
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When working calves, include a seated version in your routine, which allows you to hit the deeper muscle layers of the soleus buried beneath the gastrocnemius.
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The veins in the deep system drain the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the calf.
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Together, the quadriceps, hamstrings, and gastrocnemius form the big-muscle trio that surrounds and supports your knee.
THE PROGRAM
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Hold your feet perpendicular to your shins to involve the gastrocnemius muscle.
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The inferior genicular arteries (aa. genu inferiores; inferior articular arteries) (Figs. 550, 551), two in number, arise from the popliteal beneath the Gastrocnemius.
VI. The Arteries. 6c. The Popliteal Artery
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The Achilles tendon spans two joints and connects the calcaneus to the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, comprising the largest and strongest muscle complex in the calf.
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Some physicians have advocated the use of heel lifts to shorten the gastrocnemius muscle.
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In some cases the two heads of gastrocnemius may be unjoined until their insertion onto the calcaneus and with separation from soleus.
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Then we do spinal reflexes - biceps tendon, triceps tendon, crossed extensor reflex, extensor carpi radialis, withdrawl reflex, patellar tendon, gastrocnemius, cranial tibial, and sciatic reflexes.
Shooting Up the Cat
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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.
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Seated calf raises specifically target the soleus, which runs under the gastrocnemius and is actually the lower leg's largest muscle.
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It cuts the leg below the calf, and all muscle bellies except those of gastrocnemius are present.
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This exercise focuses on the hamstrings but also involves the gastrocnemius muscles.
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The gastrocnemius muscle aponeurosis is well defined and thick.
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This muscle is made up of the gastrocnemius and the soleus.
The Sun
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Works upper and lower legs quadriceps, hamstrings, gastrocnemius
The Life You Want
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However, among all the skeletal muscles, the gastrocnemius was probably the most suitable muscle to examine immobilization-induced deconditioning and passive shortening.
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The insertion of gastrocnemius is discussed following the description of the origin of the soleus muscle.
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Extension of the stifle joint would increase the distance between the femoral origin of the gastrocnemius and its insertion to the summit of fibular tarsal bone (calcis) were it not for the gastrocnemius and superficial flexor (perforatus).
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
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The researchers also stuck surface electrodes onto the skin over two other muscles, the soleus and the medial gastrocnemius.
Times, Sunday Times
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Next go to the squat machine, which exercises the largest muscles of the lower body, the gluteus maximus, the quadriceps, hamstrings and the gastrocnemius.
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The capsule also is reinforced in front by the patellar and quadriceps tendons and posteriorly by the popliteus and gastrocnemius muscles.
