Muscles of superficial posterior compartment of lower leg

Muscles of superficial posterior compartment of lower leg

Muscle	Origin	insertion	nerve	action	comment
Gastrocnemius	Lateral and medial femoral condyles	Calcaneus(Via Achilles tendon)	Tibial	Plantar flex foot	Test S1 motor function; two heads, fabella is in tendon of lateral head
Soleus	Posterior fibulr head/soleal line of tibia	Calcaneus(Via Achilles tendon)	Tibial	Plantar flex foot	Fuses to gastrocnemius at Achilles tendon
Plantaris	Lateral femoral supracondylar line	Calcaneus	Tibial	Plantar flex foot	Long tendon can boe harvested for tendon reconstruction

Ref) Netter’s concise orthopaedic anatomy P318