Heel Muscle

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The lower part of the large muscle that raises the heel during walking. P, the muscle, makes up most of the bulk of the calf of the leg. The weight of the body rests upon the bone W. In walking, as we raise the body in taking a step, we do it first by raising the heel with the muscle P, the pressure being on the ball of the foot, F. This muscle does here with the weight of the body what the muscles of your arms do to the load in a wheel barrow when you raise it by the handles.

Source

Hooker, Worthington First Book in Physiology For the Use of Schools and Families (New York: Sheldon and Company, 1867) 133

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