David is playing football when he suffers from a ruptured calcaneal tendon. The rupture is accompanied by abrupt pain and the calf muscle bulges due to the release of two muscles from their insertion. Name these two muscles.

The two muscles which bulged in the calf are referred to as gastrocnemius

and the soleus.

These muscles are found in the heel and are attached to the achilles

tendon in the calf of the leg. The muscles assist in movement such as

running, walking and flexion of the legs.

In this scenario, we were told that the rupture occurred in the calf and

accompanied pain was as a result of two muscles in the calf bulging which

will most likely be the gastrocnemius and the soleus muscles.

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The correct answer is - The gastrocnemius and soleus muscles.

Explanation:

Achilles tendon or calcaneal tendon is a tendon that is inserted the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles in to heels and connects it to the calf muscles. This is a strong tendon present at lower end of calf. The insertion is takes place into the calcaneus.

The gastrocnemius and soleus muscles togeter makes a strong band of tissue, back of the leg. Achilles tendinitis is characterized as the ruptured calf muscles from the insertion due to intense exercise or running fast.