What To Eat For Muscle Gain And Fat Loss - The Calf Muscle (Human Anatomy): Diagram, Function, Location
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The calf muscle in the back of the bottom of the leg is actually composed of two muscles:
Muscles of gastrocnemius and Soleus have afflicted and merge at the base of the calf muscle. Resistant connective tissue on the bottom of the calf muscle merge with the Achilles tendon. Achilles tendon inserts on the heel bone (calcaneus).
During the walk, running or jumping, the calf muscle pulls the heel to allow the movement forward.
- Muscle tension of calf: Stretching the muscle of the calf past its normal length results in tearing of some muscle fibers of calves. Calf muscular strains may vary from light (light pain) to severe (full tear of calf muscle).
- Petroleum muscle: a muscle tension of calf is commonly called panturer muscle. "Pulling" muscle refers to stretching the calf muscle beyond your limit.
- Muscle Tear of Calf: All calf muscle strains result in tearing of some muscle fibers. More serious injuries can result in partial or complete tear of the calf muscle.
- Muscle rupture of calf: complete tear of the calf muscle, resulting in severe pain and inability to walk. The calf muscle can collapse in a nodule or ball shape, seen and felt through the skin.
- MUSCULAR MYOSITE OF THE PACTURILE: Inflammation of the calf muscle. Infections or autoimmune conditions (caused when the immune system fits erroneously the body's own tissues) are usually responsible, although the calf muscle myositis is rare.
- Rabdomyolysis: muscular rupture of calf due to long-term pressure, collateral drug effects or a serious medical condition. Rabdomyolysis usually affects various muscles throughout the body.
- Muscle cancer of calf: calf muscle cancer is unusual. The tumor can start in the calf muscle (called sarcoma) or spread to the calf muscle from another place (called metastase).
- Magnetic resonance (magnetic resonance): A MRI scanner uses a high power magnet and a computer to create highly detailed images of the Panturum muscle and other leg structures.
- Computed tomography (computed tomography): A CT scanner takes several X-rays, and a computer compiles x-rays in calf muscle images and other leg structures.
- Muscular ultrasonography of the calf: A device placed on the skin jumps high frequency sound waves out of the muscle, tendon and other calf structures. Signs are converted into images on a video screen, allowing health providers to see structures within the body.
- Price protection: Protect, rest, apply ice, compression (as enveloping area with an elastic bandage), and elevation Good treatments for most calf muscle strains.
- Calf muscular surgery: surgery may be required for a total tear of the calf muscle, or to remove a muscle calf sarcoma.
- Chemotherapy: Medications killing cancer cells can be given to help treat sarcoma or other cancer that affects calf muscle.
- Radiation therapy: High energy radiation directed to cancer cells can be part of the treatment for sarcoma or other cancer that affects the calf muscle.
- Corticosteroids: prednisone and similar cortisone medicines similar to the immune system and can treat some forms of myositis that affect the calf muscle.
- Antibiotics: Medications that kill bacteria can help treat some shapes of myositis that affect the calf muscle.
- Physi CAL therapy: For some cases of calf muscle weakness or injury, an exercise program designed and supervised by a physiotherapist can help restore the strength and function of the calf muscle.
