plantar flexion

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plantar flexion

Etymology: L, planta, sole, flectere, to bend

a toe-down motion of the foot at the ankle. It is measured in degrees from the 0-degree position of the foot at rest on the ground with the body in a standing position.

flexion [flek´shun]

1. the act of bending or the condition of being bent.

2. in obstetrics, the normal bending forward of the head of the fetus in the uterus or birth canal so that the chin rests on the chest, thereby presenting the smallest diameter of the vertex.

plantar flexion bending of the toes or foot downwards toward the sole.

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