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Soleus muscle structure

Known as: muscle soleus, M. soleus, Soleus muscle 
A muscle located in the back of the lower leg beneath the gastrocnemius muscle. Its actions involve the flexion of the ankle joint and standing.
National Institutes of Health

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Aponeurosis of soleusCDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyFascia of soleus

Narrower (2)

Left soleusRight soleus

Broader (2)

Skeletal muscle structureTriceps surae muscle structure

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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Human balancing of an inverted pendulum: is sway size controlled by ankle impedance?
1 Using the ankle musculature, subjects balanced a large inverted pendulum. The equilibrium of the pendulum is unstable and quasi… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Leptin opposes insulin's effects on fatty acid partitioning in muscles isolated from obese ob/obmice.
Because muscle triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation might contribute to insulin resistance in leptin-deficient ob/obmice, we… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Postural modulation of the soleus H reflex in young and old subjects.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Soleus motor units in chronic spinal transected cats: physiological and morphological alterations.
Intracellular recording and stimulation were used to study electrical properties of soleus motoneurons and isometric contractile… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Muscle reinnervation—III. Motoneuron sprouting capacity, enhancement by exogenous gangliosides
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Active Na—K transport and the rate of ouabain binding. The effect of insulin and other stimuli on skeletal muscle and adipocytes
1. The effect of stimulation or inhibition of active Na—K transport on [3H]ouabain binding has been investigated in isolated… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Correlation analysis of muscle spindle responses to single motor unit contractions.
1. Cross‐correlation techniques have been used to study the responses of muscle spindle afferents from the soleus muscle of the… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Consequences of tenotomy on the evolution of multiineervation in developing rat soleus muscle
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
A histochemical study of muscle spindles and their relationship to extrafusal fiber types in the rat.
Hindlimb muscles of the rat were studied in serial section with enzyme histochemical methods. Muscle fibers, both extrafusal and… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
THE INTERMEDIATE MUSCLE FIBER OF RATS AND GUINEA PIGS
The soleus, plantaris and gastrocnemius muscles of 60 Sprague-Dawley rats and 70 Hartley guinea pigs were studied histochemically… 
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