A cadaveric study of Gastrocnemius muscle from point of view of entrapment syndromes Ashok Shinde Amol1,*, Patel Dinesh K.1, Bharambe Varshaly K.2 1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Dr. DY Patil Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra 2Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Dr. DY Patil Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra *Corresponding Author: Email: amol9267@gmail.com
Online published on 23 February, 2018. Abstract Introduction Gastrocnemius has a medial and lateral belly. It joins with soleus to get inserted as the Achilles tendon. Accessory heads of gastrocnemius can give rise to popliteal artery entrapment syndromes. Materials and Method 60 formalin embalmed lower limbs mere meticulously dissected to see for any variation in number of heads and nerve supply of Gastrocnemius. Observations 15% limbs showed accessory heads of gastrocnemius. 8.34% showed 4 heads and 6.66% showed 3 heads. Length of Achilles tendon in limbs with variation ranged from 6.1 cm to 12.8 cm. Conclusion Knowledge of accessory heads of gastrocnemius will help the radiologist during imaging studies in cases of polpliteal entrapment syndromes and neurovascular compression. Top Keywords Gastrocnemius tertius, Accessory head of gastrocnemius, Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome, Calf injury, Additional heads of gastrocnemius. Top |