Comments on: This question was brought up in my massage therapy class. Why is the the calf muscle named that? http://www.findmassagetherapy.info/massage-therapy-classes/this-question-was-brought-up-in-my-massage-therapy-class-why-is-the-the-calf-muscle-named-that Benefit From Massage Therapy Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:54:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Violet Pearl http://www.findmassagetherapy.info/massage-therapy-classes/this-question-was-brought-up-in-my-massage-therapy-class-why-is-the-the-calf-muscle-named-that/comment-page-1#comment-1730 Violet Pearl Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:58:59 +0000 http://www.findmassagetherapy.info/massage-therapy-classes/this-question-was-brought-up-in-my-massage-therapy-class-why-is-the-the-calf-muscle-named-that#comment-1730 Its name is derived from the Greek, gastroknemia, "the belly of the leg" or calf- from "gaster" (gastr-), belly, + "kneme," leg). The word "calf" comes through the Anglo-Saxon, it is thought, from the Indo-European "gelbh" meaning to bunch up, as do the muscles of the calf.<br><b>References : </b><br> Its name is derived from the Greek, gastroknemia, "the belly of the leg" or calf- from "gaster" (gastr-), belly, + "kneme," leg).

The word "calf" comes through the Anglo-Saxon, it is thought, from the Indo-European "gelbh" meaning to bunch up, as do the muscles of the calf.
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