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Posterior Leg Muscles (calf) Action Flashcards

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Gastrocnemius
Action

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Plantarflexes ankle and helps flex the knee

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Soleus
Action

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Plantarflexes ankle

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Tibialis posterior
Action

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Plantarflexes ankle and inverts the foot

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Actions of calf muscles

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Flexes knee (gastrocnemius only)
Plantarflexes ankle (all)
Tibialis posterior also inverts the foot

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