Unilateral Third/Accessory Head of the Gastrocnemius Muscle: a Case Report

The superficial muscle group of the posterior compartment of leg forms a powerful muscular mass in the calf. The two-headed gastrocnemius is the most superficial muscle of this group, and forms the proximal, most prominent part of the calf. Gastrocnemius muscle exhibits numerous variations in the or...

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Autores principales:	Dave,Mitesh R, Yagain,Vaishali Kiran, Anadkat,Samir
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2012
Materias:	Third/Accessory head of gastrocnemius Popliteal Tensor fascia suralis Plantaris Soleus
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220120003000482013-02-20Unilateral Third/Accessory Head of the Gastrocnemius Muscle: a Case ReportDave,Mitesh RYagain,Vaishali KiranAnadkat,Samir Third/Accessory head of gastrocnemius Popliteal Tensor fascia suralis Plantaris Soleus The superficial muscle group of the posterior compartment of leg forms a powerful muscular mass in the calf. The two-headed gastrocnemius is the most superficial muscle of this group, and forms the proximal, most prominent part of the calf. Gastrocnemius muscle exhibits numerous variations in the origin and/or insertion. The present report describes the incidental occurrence of the third/accessory head of gastrocnemius muscle in the left lower limb. During routine educational dissection of a 54-year old American female cadaver in the Anatomy lab of the Medical University of the Americas, Nevis, West Indies, we found an unusual 10.8 cm long muscle in the left popliteal region, attached proximally to the lateral aspect of the popliteal surface of femur, and distally terminated as a tendon which was attached at the junction of the medial and lateral heads of gastrocnemius muscle. No such variation was found on the right side. This is described as a case of third / accessory head of gastrocnemius muscle.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.30 n.3 20122012-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022012000300048en10.4067/S0717-95022012000300048
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description	The superficial muscle group of the posterior compartment of leg forms a powerful muscular mass in the calf. The two-headed gastrocnemius is the most superficial muscle of this group, and forms the proximal, most prominent part of the calf. Gastrocnemius muscle exhibits numerous variations in the origin and/or insertion. The present report describes the incidental occurrence of the third/accessory head of gastrocnemius muscle in the left lower limb. During routine educational dissection of a 54-year old American female cadaver in the Anatomy lab of the Medical University of the Americas, Nevis, West Indies, we found an unusual 10.8 cm long muscle in the left popliteal region, attached proximally to the lateral aspect of the popliteal surface of femur, and distally terminated as a tendon which was attached at the junction of the medial and lateral heads of gastrocnemius muscle. No such variation was found on the right side. This is described as a case of third / accessory head of gastrocnemius muscle.
author	Dave,Mitesh R Yagain,Vaishali Kiran Anadkat,Samir
author_facet	Dave,Mitesh R Yagain,Vaishali Kiran Anadkat,Samir
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title	Unilateral Third/Accessory Head of the Gastrocnemius Muscle: a Case Report
title_short	Unilateral Third/Accessory Head of the Gastrocnemius Muscle: a Case Report
title_full	Unilateral Third/Accessory Head of the Gastrocnemius Muscle: a Case Report
title_fullStr	Unilateral Third/Accessory Head of the Gastrocnemius Muscle: a Case Report
title_full_unstemmed	Unilateral Third/Accessory Head of the Gastrocnemius Muscle: a Case Report
title_sort	unilateral third/accessory head of the gastrocnemius muscle: a case report
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2012
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022012000300048
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Unilateral Third/Accessory Head of the Gastrocnemius Muscle: a Case Report

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