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BILOMAP P2 vertical slice · variant B (Astro) FR

plantaris (literature label, French name to be documented)

Identity

French name Debt recorded on 2026-08-31 : nom français à attester (Q3 pending).
Latin name Debt recorded on 2026-08-31: Latin name to be documented.
Body region lower limb

Provisional (“provisoire”) grouping: body region declared in the registry, not calculated by the cadastre.

Debt recorded on 2026-08-31: body footprint not placed.

The five facts

Name

Debt recorded on 2026-08-31 : nom français à attester (Q3 pending).

Origin

Le muscle plantaire, fragile et variable, s'attache proximalement au fémur, en profondeur et médialement par rapport à la tête latérale du gastrocnémien

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 445

The frail, variable plantaris muscle attaches proximally to the femur deep and medial to the lateral head of the gastrocnemius

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 445

The plantaris originates from the lateral supracondylar line of the femur and from the oblique popliteal ligament located in the posterior aspect of the knee.

Work : Giles Gyer, Jimmy Michael, Ben Tolson - Dry Needling for Manual Therapists_ Points, Techniques and Treatments, Including Electroacupuncture and Advanced Tendon Techniq (2016, Singing Dragon) · Page : 176

Proximally, the plantaris muscle attaches to the upper part of the lateral condyle of the femur

Work : dommerholt-fdlp-dry-needling-2018 · Page : 352

Deep to the gastrocnemius is the wide, flat soleus. The plantaris runs obliquely between the two

Work : openstax-anatomy-2e · Page : 469

Insertion

insertion à attester — aucun extrait citable ≥ 8 mots au 2026-08-30

Function

The knee is flexed, and the foot plantar flexed at the ankle to slacken the gastrocnemius and plantaris muscles.

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 364

the plantar flexed foot further slackens the gastrocnemius and plantaris muscles

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 364

Both the soleus and plantaris muscles plantar flex and assist inversion of the foot

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 445

Le plantaire assiste faiblement le muscle gastrocnémien dans la flexion du genou

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 445

Les muscles soléaire et plantaire effectuent tous deux la flexion plantaire et assistent l'inversion du pied.

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 445

The plantaris weakly assists the gastrocnemius muscle in flexion of the knee

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 445

le plantaire peut être considéré comme un chef latéral accessoire de ce muscle

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 451

Basmajian 12 a constaté, en utilisant des électrodes à fil fin, que son action principale est la flexion plantaire et l'inversion du pied.

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 457

Ce n'est que dans une situation de charge que le plantaire assiste à la flexion du genou.

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 457

Le plantaire assiste faiblement le gastrocnémien dans la flexion du genou et la flexion plantaire du pied au niveau de la cheville.

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 457

The main function of the plantaris muscle is plantar flexion and inversion of the foot

Work : dommerholt-fdlp-dry-needling-2018 · Page : 352

The plantaris is a weak contributor to decelerating extension of the knee joint and decelerating eversion and dorsiflexion at the ankle.

Work : sharkey-concise-dry-needling-2017 · Page : 554

The plantaris tendon is a desirable substitute for the fascia lata in hernia repair, tendon transplants, and repair of ligaments

Work : openstax-anatomy-2e · Page : 469

plantaris muscle that runs obliquely between the gastrocnemius and the soleus

Work : openstax-anatomy-2e · Page : 474

Innervation

La branche du nerf tibial qui innerve le muscle plantaire contient des fibres des quatrième et cinquième nerfs spinaux lombaires et du premier nerf spinal sacré.

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 453

The branch of the tibial nerve that supplies the plantaris muscle contains fibers from the fourth and fifth lumbar and first sacral spinal nerves.

Work : travell-tpm-2 · Page : 453

Its trigger points

Under the skin

Debt recorded on 2026-08-31: no structured anatomical relation has been recorded for this muscle. No depth is displayed.

Acupuncture points and MTM

Acupuncture points

Debt recorded on 2026-08-31: no muscle-to-point relation has been recorded.

Sinew channels

Debt recorded on 2026-08-31: no muscle-to-MTM relation has been recorded.

What research says

Debt recorded on 2026-08-31: no structured list of studies has been recorded.

References

  1. travell-tpm-2
  2. Giles Gyer, Jimmy Michael, Ben Tolson - Dry Needling for Manual Therapists_ Points, Techniques and Treatments, Including Electroacupuncture and Advanced Tendon Techniq (2016, Singing Dragon)
  3. dommerholt-fdlp-dry-needling-2018
  4. openstax-anatomy-2e
  5. sharkey-concise-dry-needling-2017