Muscular System
What are the two main muscles in the calf?
Wiki User
March 19, 2007 1:23AM
The 2 Main muscles are: (1.) Gastrocnemius is the muscle on the
back of your calf, as well as the (2.) soleus muscle which lies
under the gastrocnemius muscle. (The tibalis anterior and peroneus
longus are also calf muscles.)
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