plantar flexion


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.

plan·tar flex·ion

bending the foot or toes toward the plantar surface.

plantar flexion

Extension of the foot so that the forepart is depressed with respect to the position of the ankle. See: dorsiflexion