Question: Describe how the muscles in the front and back of the leg work together to make the dancer's foot point.
Reference answer: The muscle in the back of the leg (the gastrocnemius) contracts and the muscle in the front of the leg (the tibia) relaxes to make the foot point.

Student answer: The muscles in the front the pulling.

Student answer: The front left muscle is relaxing and the back leg muscle is contracting.

Student answer: I do not know.

Student answer: The tendon is pulling the muscle causing it to contract and move.

Student answer: The muscle in the back contracts and pulls the tendon and the muscle in the front relaxes.

Student answer: The stifulas is contracting.

Student answer: Your muscles are stretching.

Student answer: The back leg relaxes and the front leg contracts.

Student answer: The tibia contracts and the gastrocnemius relaxes.

Student answer: The gastrocnemius is working while the front muscle is relaxing.

Student answer: The back muscle contract and the front muscle relaxes.

Student answer: The back of the leg rest and the front of the leg work so she can stand on the tip of her toes.

Student answer: The brain tells the foot that the foot need to point.

Student answer: The back muscle gets bigger and the front gets longer.

Student answer: The front and back work together by pulling together muscles to cause the foot to point.

Student answer: The back muscle contracts while the front muscle expands.

Student answer: The front muscle relaxes and the back muscle pulls.

Student answer: The back muscle is contracting while the front muscle is relaxing. So the back muscle shrinks while the front muscle expands.

Student answer: The bones help by your foot help to by help it point.

Student answer: For one, I know because I am a dancer so like you were using the back muscle dose all the work. The front muscle just makes you look although but the flex and contract.

Student answer: They need that back muscle to relax and contract so they can dance.

Student answer: While the front of the leg relaxes, the back contracts - means get shorter.

Student answer: The front left muscle helps by stretching itself and the back muscle relaxes.

Student answer: They work together by the front contracting, and the back relaxing.

Student answer: The muscles that are used to help point the dancer foot because the foot has no muscles and the muscles help them point.

Student answer: The muscle in the front and back of the leg are working by helping the dancer make her leg straight.

Student answer: Top is relaxing and the bottom is helping the dancer point her foot.

Student answer: They are very flexible so the relax and contract.

Student answer: The muscle lift the leg to make the body part go up the brain tell the muscle to go up.

Student answer: They get tight together and muscle work together to make her ankle move down to make her foot point.

Student answer: I think the dancer's back and front leg work together because they have bones. If you do not have a bone you will not be able to move.

Student answer: The muscle in the front relax and the muscle in the back tighten.

Student answer: The back muscle and the front muscle stretch to help each other pull up the foot.

Student answer: The front muscle makes the foot point and the back muscle make the leg stay up.

Student answer: When the tibia contracts the foot connects.

Student answer: The hinge joint.

Student answer: Muscles help her point her toe.

Student answer: What makes the dancer's foot move is the muscles they contract and relax.

Student answer: The muscles front and back help it to stand straight and so it can balance.

Student answer: They work together by if you start to lean one way. The opposite muscle will pull to keep the balance.

Student answer: The muscle work by contracting and relaxing to make the toe point. Tibia by contracting and gastrocnemius is relaxing.

Student answer: The muscle contracts and gets tighter so the foot could point.

Student answer: To help them stay up.

Student answer: The muscles flex to make it point they get smaller and fatter because they pull up.

Student answer: The tibia muscle pushes up on the front. The gastrocnemius muscle also pushes up on the back of the leg to make the dancer's leg point.

Student answer: Your joints and muscles work together to point your leg up.

Student answer: They help the dancer lift her foot and leg up.

Student answer: They will contract and they will relax.

Student answer: The tendons pull each other and make it have great balance.

Student answer: Releases it or relax.

Student answer: The 2 muscle work together by one relaxes and the other tightens.

Student answer: Because the front need to point forward and the back needs to point back and forth.

Student answer: They work together so she can balance and point her foot.

Student answer: While the front foot makes you point the front of your toe and the back makes you point the back of your toe.

Student answer: I think the gastrocnemius is contracting and the tibia is lengthening to make the dancer foot point.

Student answer: The backs of the leg has to stretch and the front of the leg bends.

Student answer: The gastrocnemius contracts at the back of the leg and the tibia relaxes for the dancer's foot to point.

Student answer: I think that the tibia is relaxing and the gastrocnemius is connecting.

Student answer: First the dancer need to have muscles to help bend her foot. Second the dancer need strong muscle to help her keep her foot like that, but she needs both of her muscle to keep her on balance.

Student answer: To point your feet you have to use your gastrocnemius and your tibia and stand straight on your foot so you can have your feet pointed straight.

Student answer: The back of your leg contracts and the front relaxes.

Student answer: The back muscle contracts and the front relaxes.

Student answer: I think the dancer's leg is a joint that, can make it move.

Student answer: When you stretch out your leg your foot points.

Student answer: The tibia is contracting to the foot so it can bend while the gastrocnemius relax so the tibia can bend.

Student answer: The tibia relaxes and the gastrocnemius contracts.

Student answer: The gastrocnemius pulls up while the tibia pushes down.

Student answer: The gastrocnemius relaxes and the tibia contracts to make the foot point.

Student answer: The tibia helps her to point her toes by contracting. The gastrocnemius helps because it is relaxing.

Student answer: The muscles work by the dancer stimulus to put the foot up.

Student answer: They work together by contracting.

Student answer: The back of the leg balances the dancer and the front contract muscle to hold her up.

Student answer: They work together by contracting to make the dancer's foot to point.

Student answer: The front leg muscle helps the dancer point the dancers leg the back leg muscle helps the foot point.

Student answer: They work together by pointing the toe down.

Student answer: It is a muscle that provides strength.

Student answer: Dancer's gastrocnemius contracts their tibia relaxes.

Student answer: When I point my toe, the tibia relaxes while the gastrocnemius contracts. If you don't have both muscles working together, your leg would move.

Student answer: The muscle work to help the dancers foot by one muscle contracts and one relaxes.

Student answer: When you point up the gastrocnemius contracts and the tibia relaxes.

Student answer: The dancer has a ball and socket joint.

Student answer: With one foot up one foot down and both arms up it makes her balance on one foot.

Student answer: The muscle pull on the dance and the other muscles just sit there.

Student answer: Because muscle makes it balance it has muscle in the front leg and in the back leg.

Student answer: The tibia has to relax and the gastrocnemius has to contract.

Student answer: I think you have to be flexible and point your foot all the time.

Student answer: The tibia has to relax while the gastrocnemius has to contract to point the toe.

Student answer: To make the dancers to point tibia relaxes while the gastrocnemius contracts.

Student answer: I think she has to be lady because she is a dancer.

Student answer: How the dancers foot point is on the leg muscle to help them point.

Student answer: The way they work together is that they push against the bone to make you balance upright.

Student answer: The work together by using their muscles from their back, front legs.

Student answer: The front muscle tibia contracts and the back muscle gastrocnemius relaxes.

Student answer: The front is straightening it out and forming a balance. The back is keeping them from falling backwards.

Student answer: Well the muscle is work like this above picture I drew. Well the bone is connected to the point and that's how it works.

Student answer: They pull together and meet in the leg to make her foot come to a point.

Student answer: The front muscle probably helps the foot stay straight and the back muscle helps it stand.

Student answer: The muscle push up and the heal on the foot lifts up.

Student answer: They make their gastrocnemius go on a little far they can balance.

Student answer: The muscles work together by both going at the same time.