Plantar Flexor Muscles

**Semantic type:** Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

**Definition:** A group of muscles that function to extend the ankle, flexing the foot downward toward the sole, and includes the gastrocnemius, soleus, plantaris, tibialis posterior, flexor hallucis longus, and flexor digitorum longus muscles.

**Synonyms:** - PLANTAR FLEXOR MUSCLES