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plantaris

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plantaris [plan′tar·əs]
(anatomy)
A small muscle of the calf of the leg; origin is the lateral condyle of the femur, and insertion is the calcaneus; flexes the knee joint.
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For example, 6 weeks of voluntary freewheel running increased the cytochrome oxidase activity in the plantaris muscles of the high-runner (> 11 km x [day.
Effects of voluntary wheel running on satellite cells in the rat ... by Kurosaka, Mitsutoshi; Naito, Hisashi; Ogura, Yuji; Kojima, Atsushi; Goto, Katsumasa; Katamoto, Shizu / Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
g(-1) for plantaris, red gastrocnemius, and white gastrocnemius muscle, respectively, which were not different from values in corresponding nonstimulated muscle sections.
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