Muscles of the lower leg revision

What is the name of the large muscle in the back of your lower leg?

• Soleus

• Gastrocnemius

• Tibialis anterior

• Peroneus

What is the name of the muscle that sits next to the Gastrocnemius?

• Gastrocnemius

• Soleus.

• Achilles tendon

• tibialis anterior

What is the name of the muscle that runs down the front of the lower leg?

Hint remember what Posterior and anterior mean

• Tibialis posterior

• Plantaris

• Soleus

• tibialis anterior

What is the tendon at the back of your heel called?

• The peroneus longus

• Gastrocnemius

• Achilles tendon

What long muscles starts in the leg and ends in the toes?

• extensor digitorum longus

• gastrocnemius

• Soleus

• peroneus brevis

What is the name of this short muscle?

Hint remember what longus and brevis mean?

• Peroneus longus

• Peroneus brevis

• Flexor longus

What is the longer muscle at the side of the leg called?

• Peroneus brevis

• Peroneus longus

• Soleus