Definitionn. a broad flat muscle in the calf of the leg under the gastrocnemius muscle
Last update: September 9, 2015
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With regard to the soleus in the pig, Professor Lesbre says: 'Meckel denied its existence; we, however, believe that it is united to the external head of the gastrocnemius, its origin being transferred to the femur.' [Please select]
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The soleus has the same action as these latter. [Please select]
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Hence it results that its fleshy body appears on each side of the inferior half of the gastrocnemius, and produces an elevation which recalls that which the soleus produces on each side of the same muscles in the human species. [Please select]
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The gastrocnemius and soleus, independent in their upper portion, unite below in a common tendon; they thus form also a triceps muscle, which we designate under the name of the triceps of the leg, or triceps suralis, because it forms the elevation of the calf of the leg (from _sura_, calf). [Please select]
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