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Revision as of 13:26, 11 June 2018
Original Editor - Samuel Adedigba
Top Contributors - Samuel Adedigba, Kim Jackson and Eugenie Lamprecht
Description[edit | edit source]
The Plantaris muscle is a small muscle with a short belly and long slender tendon that is located at the posterior compartment of the leg and along with the Gastrocnemius and Soleus muscles, forms the Triceps Surae.
Anatomy[edit | edit source]
Origin[edit | edit source]
It originates from the lower part of the lateral supracondylar line of the femur and from the oblique popliteal ligament of the knee joint and the muscle belly crosses the popliteal fossa inferomedially. In the proximal third of the leg, the muscle belly is situated between the popliteus muscle anteriorly and the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle posteriorly. Its long slender tendon courses distally between the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle and the soleus muscle in the middle third of the leg.
