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What is dorsiflexion?
Dorsiflexion happens when the toes are brought closer to the shin and decreases the ankle between the leg and the dorsum of the foot. Walking on your heels causes dorsiflexion of your ankle.
Do the foot and ankle both do dorsiflexion?
Yes, both the foot and ankle have the capacity for dorsiflexion
Dorsiflexion is movement of the foot?
Dorsiflexion is moving your foot upwards toward you. Plantar flexion is when you move it down away from you.
Which movement is limited to the foot?
dorsiflexion
Which term means to bend the foot upwards at the ankle?
The top your foot is considered the dorsal side and so bending the foot upwards at the ankle is known as dorsiflexion.
Does the gastrocnemius acts in dorsiflexion of the foot?
no the the tibialis anterior acts in the dorisflexion of the foot.
What is the difference between dorsiflexion and plantarflexion?
Dorsiflexion is lifting the foot so that its superior surface approaches the shin. Plantar flexion is depressing the foot or elevating the heel. Dorsiflexion is an flexion angular movement because it decreases the angle between bones whereas Plantar flexion is a extension angular movement because it increases the angle between bones.
When the ankle is flexed raises the foot the movement is termed?
Dorsiflexion
What is raising the foot up at th ankle joint?
Dorsiflexion
Which foot movement enables the ballerina to stand on her toes?
dorsiflexion
What muscle is responsible for dorsiflexion and inversion of the foot?
Tibialis Anterior
A movement that brings the foot closer to the shin is called?
d. dorsiflexion
