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soleus

/soh-lee-uhs/US // ˈsoʊ li əs //

比目鱼,鳎目鱼,比目鱼肌,独眼巨人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural so·le·i [soh-lee-ahy], /ˈsoʊ liˌaɪ/, so·le·us·es.

    • : a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.

Examples

  • The soleus, one of two main calf muscles, showed 36 percent less activity per stride during steep uphill running than during steep uphill walking, which is consistent with the idea that local muscle fatigue triggers the transition.

  • Then she raised one of them, and her fingers explored the common tendon of the soleus and gastrocnemius.

  • Here the artery is separated from the inner border of the tibia, by the flexor longus digitorum, and is covered by the soleus.

  • Professor Pancoast divides the inferior portion of the soleus muscle instead of the tendo Achillis.

  • On the back of the leg the most important muscles, forming what is known as the calf, are the gastrocnemius and the soleus.