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A case report on bilateral three separate heads of soleus muscle and its clinical importance”


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Articles
Publisher
Ijapbs
Publishing Date
01-Jan-2013
volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
14-17

During routine dissection, of a 70 years old donated embalmed male cadaver in the Department of Anatomy, K.J. Somaiya Medical College, Sion, Mumbai, India, the variant soleus muscle on both the lower limbs was observed. The back of thigh, popliteal region and back of leg of both the lower limbs were dissected meticulously to observe the variations in the soleus uscle. The soleus muscle showed the three separate heads. The tibial head from soleal line present on the posterior surface of the tibia, the fibular head from the back of the head of the fibula and the intermediate head from the tendinous arch placed between the tibial and the fibular origins of the muscle. The three heads of soleus muscle along with the medial and the lateral heads of gastrocnemius formed the tendo calcaneus which got inserted into the middle part of the posterior surface of the calcaneus bone. The pattern of vessels in the lower limb were normal. The variation was bilateral. The photographs of both the variant soleus muscles were taken for proper documentation.