Plantaris
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Plantaris is a skeletal muscle that originates at lateral supracondylar ridge of femur above lateral head of gastrocnemius Inserts to tendo calcaneus (medial side, deep to gastrocnemius tendon), and is supplied by (artery, nerve) and actions include sural arteries tibial nerve Plantar flexes foot and flexes knee
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