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.
The Achilles tendon is a tough band of fibrous tissue that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone (calcaneus). The Achilles tendon is also called the calcaneal tendon. The gastrocnemius and soleus muscles (calf muscles) unite into one band of tissue, which becomes the Achilles tendon at the low end of the calf. The Achilles tendon then inserts into the calcaneus. Small sacs of fluid called bursae cushion the Achilles tendon at the heel. The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the body. When the calf muscles flex, the Achilles tendon pulls on the heel.