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What muscles in the foot enables you to stand on your tiptoes?
The muscles in your calves allow you to jump in the air without bending your knees and stand up on your toes. There are two calf muscles that are located in the back of your lower leg. The outer muscle is called the gastrocnemius, and the one closer to the bone is called the soleus.
Is the soleus muscle superficial to the gastrocnemius?
The answer would be false. The soleus muscle is superficial to the tibia NOT the gastrocnemius.
What does the contraction of the gastrocnemius muscle usually result in?
type of contraction of gastrocnemius muscle?
What is the synergist muscle for the gastrocnemius?
Gastrocnemius
Does the gastrocnemius muscle form the cup of the shoulder?
No, the gastrocnemius muscle forms the belly of the calf in the lower leg.
What muscle is superior to the soleus muscle?
gastrocnemius
What is the muscle at the back of the calf called?
The largest muscle of your calf is the gastrocnemius.
What knee muscle have reverse actions?
Gastrocnemius muscle
What is effector muscle for calcaneal reflex action?
The effector muscle for the calcaneal reflex (also known as the Achilles reflex) is the gastrocnemius muscle in the calf. When the Achilles tendon is tapped, it causes a contraction of the gastrocnemius muscle, resulting in plantar flexion of the foot.
What is the gastronemius?
The gastrocnemius muscle is located with the soleus in the posterior (back) compartment of the leg. It is associated with the "bulge" in the calf muscle.
What is the two-bellied muscle?
Gastrocnemius
The Gastrocnemius is blank to the soleus?
The gastrocnemius is superficial to the soleus muscle in the lower leg.
