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What happens to the gastrocnemius muscle when the shank is flexed as in walking?
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It contracts, getting shorter and thicker.
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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 muscle is located directly beneath the gastrocnemius and has similar functions to gastrocnemius?
Soleus is the muscle that is located directly beneath the gastrocnemius and has similar functions to the gastrocnemius. The hamstrings muscles are a two joint muscle that acts at the knee and hip.
What is the muscle at the back of the calf called?
The largest muscle of your calf is the gastrocnemius.
What is the prominent muscle on the posterior aspect of your lower leg?
The main muscle is the gastrocnemius muscle.
What kind of muscle can you flex?
Voluntary muscles can be flexed.
What muscle to you stretch when touching your toes?
The muscle that forms the calf of your lower leg is the muscle that helps you lift to your toes. This muscle is called the gastrocnemius.
What kind of muscle is gastrocnemius?
The gastrocnemius muscle functions in plantar flexing the foot at the ankle joint and flexing the leg at the knee joint. It is used in standing, running, walking and jumping.The gastrocnemius muscle is locate in the back of your lower leg. It is responsible for helping with walking, running and jumping.The gastronemius muscle (or calf muscle) is used to extend the foot.flexes legThe gastrocnemius muscle is to my beleif that it is connected with the soleus and to the Achilles tendon or so called calcaneal tendon I believe that this muscle is a function that helps you move the leg farther eg. ( if you run you will feel that muscle of the back of your leg stiffen),my beleif is that when you run that muscle stretches and can causes you to run faster.When you grow up your gastrocnemius with grow larger to and the larger it gets the more it can expand. If you flex that muscle you could easily see it. I think that this muscle is what makes you run without it there we be no use for walking, running, and jogging.James Cuellar. Age.11The gastrocnemius is a large muscle group on the back of the lower leg. It helps you point your toe by pulling on your heel.
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
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 muscle is located directly beneath the gastrocnemius and has similar functions to gastrocnemius?
Soleus is the muscle that is located directly beneath the gastrocnemius and has similar functions to the gastrocnemius. The hamstrings muscles are a two joint muscle that acts at the knee and hip.
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 knee muscle have reverse actions?
Gastrocnemius muscle
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
Whats the common name for the gastrocnemius muscle?
Calf muscle
