Look for thinner muscles. When a dog loses muscle mass, the muscles will look visibly thinner. You may also notice a difference in how they feel; your hand may suddenly reach all the way around your dog's leg, when it didn't before, for instance. Sometimes, this type of muscle loss will only affect certain parts of the body.
The triceps surae (/ËtraÉªsÉps ËsjÊÉriË/) (from Latin caput and sura. three-headed [muscle] of the calf) is a pair of muscles located at the calf-the two-headed gastrocnemius and the soleus.These muscles both insert into the calcaneus, the bone of the heel of the human foot, and form the major part of the muscle of the posterior leg, commonly known as the calf muscle.he triceps surae (/ËtraÉªsÉps ËsjÊÉriË/) (from Latin caput and sura. three-headed [muscle] of the calf) is a pair of muscles located at the calf-the two-headed gastrocnemius and the soleus.
Anatomy. The soleus is a muscle in the back of the lower leg that forms part of the calf. It runs from below the knee to the heel. The soleus attaches to the Achilles tendon along with the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle.The soleus is smaller than the gastrocnemius, and is less superficial (farther from the skin).natomy. The soleus is a muscle in the back of the lower leg that forms part of the calf. It runs from below the knee to the heel. The soleus attaches to the Achilles tendon along with the two heads of the gastrocnemius muscle.