Triceps surae muscle

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In anatomy, three skeletal muscles are summarized as the triceps surae muscle ( Latin for "three-headed calf muscle") :

Their common tendon insertion is known as the Achilles tendon .

The triceps surae muscle is the identification muscle for the S1 spinal cord segment . Its paralysis makes it impossible to roll the foot and results in severe walking difficulties . If there is damage as a result of polio occurs, the clinical picture of " Hack foot " ( Pes calcaneus ).

Individual evidence

  1. Blandine Calais-Germain: Anatomy of the movement - technology and function of the body . marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 978-3-86539-038-7 , pp. 292 (French: Anatomie pour le mouvement . 1999. Translated by Brigitte Lindecke).
  2. Walther Graumann: Compact textbook anatomy . Volume 2, Schattauer, 2004, ISBN 9783794520626 , p. 217.