Raising the foot, pulling the toes toward the shin

Raising the foot, pulling the toes toward the shin

• A. Plantarflexion
• B. Dorsiflexion
• C. Inversion
• D. Eversion

Answer: (B)

Raising the foot and pulling the toes toward the shin is dorsiflexion. This movement occurs at the ankle and brings the top of the foot closer to the shin, decreasing the angle between the leg (shin) and the dorsum of the foot. It’s mainly produced by the tibialis anterior, with assistance from toe-extensor muscles such as the extensor digitorum longus and extensor hallucis longus. Plantarflexion would be the opposite action, pointing the toes downward away from the shin. Inversion and eversion involve turning the sole inward or outward, respectively, and are not the movement described.

Raising the foot and pulling the toes toward the shin is dorsiflexion. This movement occurs at the ankle and brings the top of the foot closer to the shin, decreasing the angle between the leg (shin) and the dorsum of the foot. It’s mainly produced by the tibialis anterior, with assistance from toe-extensor muscles such as the extensor digitorum longus and extensor hallucis longus. Plantarflexion would be the opposite action, pointing the toes downward away from the shin. Inversion and eversion involve turning the sole inward or outward, respectively, and are not the movement described.