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.
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.
60 formalin embalmed lower limbs mere meticulously dissected to see for any variation in number of heads and nerve supply of Gastrocnemius.
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.
Knowledge of accessory heads of gastrocnemius will help the radiologist during imaging studies in cases of polpliteal entrapment syndromes and neurovascular compression.
Gastrocnemius tertius, Accessory head of gastrocnemius, Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome, Calf injury, Additional heads of gastrocnemius
