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It plantar flexes the foot at the ankle and flexes the leg at the knee.
Rachel Erdman
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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.
Which muscle is involved in adduction at the ankle joint?
If you mean hyperadduction of the joint at the knee, it is stretching the muscle on the top of your thigh which is called the gastrocnemius.
What muscle inserts on the calcaneus bone via the calcaneal tendon?
The gastrocnemius, soleus and peroneus longus muscles insert at the heel (calcaneus) by way of the Achilles (calcaneal) tendon.
What is the synergist muscle for the gastrocnemius?
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 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 does the contraction of the gastrocnemius muscle usually result in?
type of contraction of gastrocnemius muscle?
Can you stand without the gastrocnemius muscle?
u cant stand without the gastrocnemius muscle.FAKE
What is the major difference between gastrocnemius and the soleus?
The gastrocnemius is biarticulate (crosses both knee and ankle joint) and originates at femur (post femoral condyles), performing both concentric plantar flexion and knee flexion. The soleus originates at the posterior fibular head and the tibia (soleal line), performing only concentric plantarflexion.
Name of the Structure that joins the gastrocnemius to the calcaneus?
The Achilles tendon structure joins the gastrocnemius to the calcaneus.
What part of the body does the gastrocnemius move?
The gastrocnemius, the large muscle in the calf, flexes the knee and foot.
Is the soleus muscle superficial to the gastrocnemius?
The answer would be false. The soleus muscle is superficial to the tibia NOT the gastrocnemius.
