The most superficial muscle of the triceps surae group, in the posterior portion of the lower hindleg. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 MP : 0013188 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term information
- VHOG:0001193
- FMA:22541
- EHDAA2:0000701
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181700004
- EFO:0001413
- EMAPA:35375
- EHDAA:8293
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrocnemius_muscle
- NCIT:C32666
- MA:0002306
- galen:Gastrocnemius
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0242691
- UMLS:C0242691 (ncithesaurus:Gastrocnemius_Muscle)
- BTO:0000506
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
- The most superficial muscle of the triceps surae group, in the posterior portion of the lower hindleg.
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Gastrocnemius.png
- The most superficial calf muscle in the posterior part of the leg. [TFD][VHOG]
- involved in standing, walking, running and jumping
- m. gastrocnemius
- m.gastrocnemius
- gastrocnemius muscle
- uberon
- musculus gastrocnemius
- The most prominent ventral muscle of the shank is the gastrocnemius, the 'calf' muscle. In mammals, it has two heads, resulting from the fusion of two different phylogenetic predecessors.[well established][VHOG]
- UBERON:0001388
- In mammals this muscle has two heads[ISBN:0073040584]
Term relations
- hindlimb zeugopod muscle
- CARO_0000003
- part of some hindlimb zeugopod
- capable of some locomotion
- has muscle insertion some calcaneus
- contributes to morphology of some limb muscle
- has muscle insertion some calcaneal tendon
- has muscle antagonist some tibialis anterior
- has muscle origin some medial condyle of femur
- part of some triceps surae
- innervated_by some tibial nerve