In clinical practice, we might scrape the arch of your foot with the handle of a reflex hammer. Plantar flexion of the great toe is normal. Dorsiflexion (pointing of the toe upward) is not. But I don't know what the stimulus is in your case.
Picture of congestive heart failure. The heart is a pump that works together with the lungs. The heart pumps blood from the veins through the lungs where oxygen is added and then moves it on to the arteries. This pumping action creates a relatively high pressure in the arteries and a low pressure in the veins.
The Heartbeat. Your heart is a muscular organ that acts like a pump to continuously send blood throughout your body. Your heartbeat occurs when the atria and ventricles work together, alternately contracting and relaxing to pump blood through your heart.The electrical system of your heart is the power source that makes this possible.our heart is a muscular organ that acts like a pump to continuously send blood throughout your body. Your heartbeat occurs when the atria and ventricles work together, alternately contracting and relaxing to pump blood through your heart. The electrical system of your heart is the power source that makes this possible.