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gastrocnemius
has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) the muscle in the back part of the leg that forms the greater part of the calf; responsible for the plantar flexion of the foot
Synonyms Used in print (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)In February , 1959 , during the second admission to The New_York_Hospital , a biopsy specimen of the left gastrocnemius showed striking increase in the sarcolemmal sheath nuclei and shrunken muscle_fibers in several sections . Microscopic studies of the gastrocnemius , pectoralis_major , transversus_abdominis , biceps_brachii , and diaphragm showed atrophy as_well_as varying degrees of injury ranging from swelling and vacuolization to focal necrosis of the muscle_fibers . These changes were most marked in the gastrocnemius and biceps and less evident in the pectoralis , diaphragm , and transversus . In the gastrocnemius and biceps there were many swollen and homogeneous necrotic fibers such_as that shown in Figure 2 . Related terms |
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