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Definition of Gastrocnemius muscle

1. Noun. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastrocnemius Muscle

Literary usage of Gastrocnemius muscle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"8, which is a curve from a gastrocnemius muscle of a frog, taken with a slowly moving drum, the tuning-fork being the same as that used in Fig. ..."

2. Practical physiology by Arthur Philip Beddard, Marcus Seymour Pembrey (1910)
"A SINGLE CONTRACTION OF A gastrocnemius muscle. IN order to study the contraction given by a muscle in response to a single stimulus, it is not sufficient ..."

3. Treatise on Fractures by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1916)
"Drawing to show the pull exerted by the gastrocnemius muscle in producing posterior displacement of upper end of lower fragment. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"The purpose of the present note is to put on record observations which prove (1) That the unmutilated gastrocnemius muscle of the frog possesses ..."

5. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"8, which is a curve from a gastrocnemius muscle of a frog, taken with a slowly moving drum, the tuning-fork being the same as that used in Fig. ..."

6. Practical physiology by Arthur Philip Beddard, Marcus Seymour Pembrey (1910)
"A SINGLE CONTRACTION OF A gastrocnemius muscle. IN order to study the contraction given by a muscle in response to a single stimulus, it is not sufficient ..."

7. Treatise on Fractures by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1916)
"Drawing to show the pull exerted by the gastrocnemius muscle in producing posterior displacement of upper end of lower fragment. ..."

8. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1877)
"The purpose of the present note is to put on record observations which prove (1) That the unmutilated gastrocnemius muscle of the frog possesses ..."

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