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Muscles that Move the Ankle
Muscles, Movements, Origins & Insertions, all muscles that cross the talocrural joint
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
12/05/2009

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Term
Dorsiflexion
Definition
toes up to shins
Term
Plantar flexion
Definition
point toes down towards the floor; ballerina toes
Term
Inversion
Definition
soles of feet face each other
Term
Eversion
Definition
outside edges of feet lift up/out
Term
Dorsiflexors
Definition

Tibialis anterior

Extensor digitorum longus

Peroneus tertius

Extensor hallucis longus

Term
Plantarflexors
Definition

Gastrocnemius

Soleus

Plantaris

Peroneus longus

Peroneus brevis

Tibialis posterior

Flexor hallucis longus

Flexor digitorum longus

Term
Inverters
Definition

Tibialis anterior

Tibialis posterior

Term
Everters
Definition

Peroneus tertius

Peroneus longus

Peroneus brevis

 

Term
Soleus
Definition
Plantar flexion
Term
Soleus Origin
Definition

Soleal line of tibia

 

posterior fibula

Term
Soleus Insertion
Definition
Calcaneus via Achilles tendon
Term
Tibialis anterior
Definition

dorsiflexion

 

inversion

Term
Tibialis anterior origin
Definition
Lateral condyle and upper 1/2 of lateral shaft of tibia
Term
Tibialis anterior Insertion
Definition

1st metatarsal

 

first (medial) cuneiform

Term
Flexor hallucis longus
Definition
plantar flexion
Term
Flexor digitorum longus
Definition
plantar flexion
Term
Flexor digitorum longus Origin
Definition
Posterior tibia
Term
Flexor digitorum longus Insertion
Definition
Middle and distal phalanges of digits 2-5
Term
Extensor digitorum longus
Definition
dorsiflexion
Term
Extensor hallucis longus
Definition
dorsiflexion
Term
Tibialis posterior
Definition

plantar flexion

 

inversion

Term
Tibialis posterior Origin
Definition
posterior tibia and fibula
Term
Tibialis posterior Insertion
Definition

Navicular

 

Cuboid

 

Cuneiforms

 

2-4 metatarsals

Term
Peroneus longus
Definition

plantar flexion

 

eversion

Term
Peroneus longus Origin
Definition
upper 2/3 of fibula (lateral)
Term
Peroneus longus Insertion
Definition

1st metatarsal

 

1st (medial) cuneiform

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Peroneus brevis
Definition

plantar flexion

 

eversion

Term
Peroneus tertius
Definition

Dorsiflexion

 

eversion

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