Labels:bag | bicycle | bulletin board | hot dog | ligament | person | sky | tree OCR: FOOT MUSCLES "HE MUSCLES of the lower leg leg muscles contract, your foot taper at their lower ends into and toes bend and straighten. tough cords called tendons. These There are lots of small m uscles tendons pass through the ankle. buried deep inside your foot. linking the lower leg muscles to the These curl your toes inward, and bones they move. W hen the lower enable them to spread outward. Tendon Tendon of straplike muscle Straightens the toes and Tendon of long muscle pulls the 100, upward Bends the foot upward Big toe muscle Toe m uscles Straightens the Straighten big toe and spread the toes