Which best describes the body in terms of simple machines?

A lever pivots around a fulcrum, and the load is the resistance being moved. When the lower leg moves, it acts as the lever and the knee acts as the fulcrum; the load is at the ankle or foot. So the best description is that the lower legs are levers, the knees are fulcrums, and the ankles hold the loads.

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