medial head of gastrocnemius
caput mediale musculi gastrocnemii
In 4 atlases
Key points
- Gastrocnemius is a superficial muscle at the back of the lower leg that forms much of the visible calf.
- Its medial and lateral heads arise from the femur and join the calcaneal tendon, which attaches to the heel bone.
- Gastrocnemius points the foot downwards at the ankle and helps bend the knee.
- The tibial nerve supplies gastrocnemius, principally through fibres from the S1 and S2 spinal nerve roots.
- The atlas entries for the medial heads represent parts of gastrocnemius, rather than the whole muscle.
Read the guide: Gastrocnemius: anatomy, location and function
Definition
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Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Relations
- Origin
- medial condyle of femur
Sub-structures
Neighbouring structures
Practice questions
Identifiers
- TA2
- 2659
- FMA
- 45956
- UBERON
- 0011907
- Wikidata
- Q66536176