The presence of accessory soleus muscle in humans.

To verify the prevalence of the accessory soleus muscle in humans and according to gender. A total of 154 magnetic resonance images of the ankle were assessed in T1 weighted sagittal, coronal and axial planes. An incidence of 11.6% of accessory soleus muscle in humans was observed; in that, 7.8% in males and 15.6% in females. The accessory soleus muscle incidence was 11.6% in the samples studied and it was more often present in females.

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Flavio Belmont Del Nero, Cristiane Regina Ruiz, Roberto Aliaga Júnior. The presence of accessory soleus muscle in humans. Einstein (São Paulo, Brazil). 2012 Jan-Mar;10(1):79-81

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PMID: 23045831

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