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What is the tendon attaching a muscle to the back of the knee?
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Where is the Gastrocnemus muscle located?
The gastrocnemius muscle is between the back of your knee and your heel.
What is the muscle under your knee?
Vastus medialis (a tear-shaped muscle right above your knee)
What the meaning of quadriceps?
The great extensor muscle of the knee, divided above into four parts which unite in a single tendon at the knee.
What Muscle or tendon on left side of right knee pops out of place when it bends sometimes?
LCL
What does Tendons do for your knee?
It helps it from bones shreading with one another.
What muscles plantar flex the ankle but do not flex the knee?
The Gastrocnemius and the Soleus flexes the knee and the foot. The Plantaris is an unimportant muscle. Many people do not have it and doctors tend to use this muscle for tendon graphs.
What is Infrapatellar Tendon?
Infrapatellar tendon is the tendon below the knee
What is the muscle in your calf called?
The "calf muscle" is the common name for the gastrocnemius muscle which is located below the knee posteriorly between the popliteal space and Achilles tendon. It functions to plantarflex the ankle.The calf muscle is located on the back of the lower leg, below the knee, between the popliteal space and Achilles tendon. It is made up of two individual muscles, the gastrocnemius and soleus.
Is it possible to tear your quad muscle How can i know?
Quadriceps muscle is one of the strongest muscle of the body, but yes it can tear. Quadricpes muscle originates from the femur the thigh bone and inserts into the knee cap bone patella and then it goes down further to insert onto the leg bone or tibia. The main function of the muscle is extension of the knee that is to make the knee straight. it can tear at three locations 1 quadriceps tendon tear 2 patella fracture 3 patellar tendon tear the effect of this is inability to extend the knee and inability to lock the knee while standing the person buckles at the knee while standing.
What is the lagest tendon?
== == The plantaris has a short muscle belly, but the longest tendon in the body. Its belly lies at an oblique angle along the popliteal space of the posterior knee between the gastrocnemius heads; its tendon extends down the length of the leg and attaches to the calcaneus. It arises from the Lateral condyle of the femur and inserts at the calcaneus.
How is nemaline myopathy identified?
The main features of NM are muscle weakness, loss of muscle tone, and absent or weak deep tendon reflexes (for example, knee and ankle jerks).
Can you walk after a cut Achilles tendon?
Most likely not. When your Achilles tendon is cut, your calf muscle will probably jump up behind your knee. As you can imagine, this is not very comfortable. Plus, you will be losing a lot of blood.
