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soleus
[ soh-lee-uhs ]
noun
, plural so·le·i [soh, -lee-ahy], so·le·us·es.
- a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
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Example Sentences
Then she raised one of them, and her fingers explored the common tendon of the soleus and gastrocnemius.
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Here the artery is separated from the inner border of the tibia, by the flexor longus digitorum, and is covered by the soleus.
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Professor Pancoast divides the inferior portion of the soleus muscle instead of the tendo Achillis.
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On the back of the leg the most important muscles, forming what is known as the calf, are the gastrocnemius and the soleus.
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