soleus

IPA: sˈoʊɫiʌs

A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf.

Examples of "soleus" in Sentences

You have your quad, your hamstrings and your calves and your soleus.
Here's my one caveat, though: You can expect your calf muscles to scream at you for a while--specifically, the soleus.
The soleus, so named from resembling a sole-fish, is a muscle of broad, flattened shape, lying beneath the gastrocnemius.
On the back of the leg the most important muscles, forming what is known as the calf, are the gastrocnemius and the soleus.
If the model be directed to stand on tiptoe, both of the large muscles of the calf, the _gastrocnemius_ and _soleus_, can be distinguished.
My right peroneus muscle, a muscle that sounds like a villain in a Shakespearian play, and possibly the soleus are strained and possibly torn.
The fine, swelling gastroenemius and soleus muscles characterize the highest races, and are most remote from the slender shanks of the monkeys.
The two large muscles, (gastrocnemius and soleus,) forming the calf of the leg, have to be removed together with the deep fascia in order to expose the posterior tibial, and peronaeal vessels and nerves.