ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2020
A three-headed plantaris muscle: evidence that the plantaris is not a vestigial muscle?
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- A unique double headed plantaris that could be a potential source of neurovascular entrapment: a case report.Anatomy & cell biology · 2026Article
- Plantaris tendon morphology in Papio anubis: a comparative anatomical study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Does the Anatomical Type of the Plantaris Tendon Influence the Management of Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy?Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- The Plantaris Muscle Is Not Vestigial: Developmental, Comparative, and Functional Evidence for Its Sensorimotor Role.Biology · 2025Review
- A three-headed plantaris muscle with a bipartite insertion of its two accessory heads.Anatomical science international · 2025Article
- A bilateral gastrocnemius tertius coexisting with a unilateral two-headed plantaris muscle.Anatomy & cell biology · 2024Article
- The relationship between additional heads of the quadriceps femoris, the vasti muscles, and the patellar ligament.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- Morphological variability of the plantaris tendon in the human fetus.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- A proposal for a new morphological classification of the popliteus muscle tendon with potential clinical and biomechanical significance.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Bicipital origin and the course of the plantaris muscle.Anatomy & cell biology · 2021Article
- Is the plantaris muscle the most undefined human skeletal muscle?Anatomical science international · 2021Article
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Abstract
The plantaris is a small muscle that typically originates at the lateral supracondylar line of the femur and the knee joint capsule, from where it continues distally, forming a long and slender tendon. However, considerable controversy surrounds the status of this seemingly inconspicuous muscle: is it a residual muscle, or one that it is just developing? In addition, both the proximal and distal attachments are highly morphologically variable. These variations can lead to many diseases. Interestingly, the course of the PM tendon is also variable. The present case study presents a new description of a complex origin type and a rare course of the PM tendon. Understanding of the PM and its tendon has clear clinical value and is a significant indicator of the development of interest in this overlooked muscle.
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