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ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS
combined written BOARDS;
comprehensive study guide |actual
exam with 100% verified questions
and correct answers
A. Knee extension - Correct-answer-a complete lesion of the femoral
nerve as it leaves the lumbar plexus affects what motion?
A. knee extension
B. hip adduction
c. hip extension
d. knee flexion
e. ankle plantarflexion
the femoral nerve - Correct-answer-what is the largest nerve of the
lumbar plexus?
Iliopsoas - Correct-answer-what is the primary flexor of the hip?
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common peroneal nerve - Correct-answer-paralytic equinus during
swing phase is often caused by injury to what nerve?
Equinus deformity - Correct-answer-toe is in a down position,
dorsiflexion limitation of the ankle
heel strike on one limb and a subsequent heel strike on the ipsilateral
side - Correct-answer-what is a cycle of gait defined as?
C. Line of progression - Correct-answer-toe in or toe out is the
relationship of the long axis of the foot to the:
A. subtalar joint
B. ankle joint axis
C. line of progression
D. Knee axis
subtalar joint - Correct-answer-what joint do the motions of inversion
and eversion occur primarily at?
talus, tibia, fibula - Correct-answer-what bones make up the talocrural
joint?
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dorsiflexion and plantar flexion
essentially a hinge type joint - Correct-answer-what motion occurs in
the talocrural joint?
resist over-eversion of the foot - Correct-answer-what is the primary
action of the medial ligament of the ankle?
resist over-inversion of the foot - Correct-answer-what is the primary
action of the lateral ligament of the ankle?
tibialis anterior, extensor hallucis longus, extensor digitorum longus -
Correct-answer-what muscles produce dorsiflexion of the ankle?
gastrocnemius, soleus, plantaris and posterior tibialis - Correct-answer-
what muscles produce plantarflexion of the ankle?
talus and calcaneus - Correct-answer-what bones form the subtalar
joint? (aka talocalcaneal joint)
talonavicular, calcaneocuboid - Correct-answer-what joints make up
the midtarsal joint?
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the anterior talar head and the concavity on the navicular - Correct-
answer-what makes up the talonavicular joint?
the anterior facet of the calcaneus and the posterior cuboid - Correct-
answer-what makes up the calcaneocuboid joint?
midtarsal joints (talonavicular and calcaneocuboid) - Correct-answer-
what are the Chopart joints?
tarsometatarsal joints - Correct-answer-what are the Lisfranc joints?
1st metatarsal and medial cuneiform - Correct-answer-what makes up
the medial column of the tarsometatarsal joints?
2nd and 3rd metatarsal and intermediate and lateral cuneiforms -
Correct-answer-what makes up the middle column of the
tarsometatarsal joints?
4th and 5th metatarsals and the cuboid - Correct-answer-what makes
up the lateral tarsometatarsal joints?
ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS
combined written BOARDS;
comprehensive study guide |actual
exam with 100% verified questions
and correct answers
A. Knee extension - Correct-answer-a complete lesion of the femoral
nerve as it leaves the lumbar plexus affects what motion?
A. knee extension
B. hip adduction
c. hip extension
d. knee flexion
e. ankle plantarflexion
the femoral nerve - Correct-answer-what is the largest nerve of the
lumbar plexus?
Iliopsoas - Correct-answer-what is the primary flexor of the hip?
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common peroneal nerve - Correct-answer-paralytic equinus during
swing phase is often caused by injury to what nerve?
Equinus deformity - Correct-answer-toe is in a down position,
dorsiflexion limitation of the ankle
heel strike on one limb and a subsequent heel strike on the ipsilateral
side - Correct-answer-what is a cycle of gait defined as?
C. Line of progression - Correct-answer-toe in or toe out is the
relationship of the long axis of the foot to the:
A. subtalar joint
B. ankle joint axis
C. line of progression
D. Knee axis
subtalar joint - Correct-answer-what joint do the motions of inversion
and eversion occur primarily at?
talus, tibia, fibula - Correct-answer-what bones make up the talocrural
joint?
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dorsiflexion and plantar flexion
essentially a hinge type joint - Correct-answer-what motion occurs in
the talocrural joint?
resist over-eversion of the foot - Correct-answer-what is the primary
action of the medial ligament of the ankle?
resist over-inversion of the foot - Correct-answer-what is the primary
action of the lateral ligament of the ankle?
tibialis anterior, extensor hallucis longus, extensor digitorum longus -
Correct-answer-what muscles produce dorsiflexion of the ankle?
gastrocnemius, soleus, plantaris and posterior tibialis - Correct-answer-
what muscles produce plantarflexion of the ankle?
talus and calcaneus - Correct-answer-what bones form the subtalar
joint? (aka talocalcaneal joint)
talonavicular, calcaneocuboid - Correct-answer-what joints make up
the midtarsal joint?
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the anterior talar head and the concavity on the navicular - Correct-
answer-what makes up the talonavicular joint?
the anterior facet of the calcaneus and the posterior cuboid - Correct-
answer-what makes up the calcaneocuboid joint?
midtarsal joints (talonavicular and calcaneocuboid) - Correct-answer-
what are the Chopart joints?
tarsometatarsal joints - Correct-answer-what are the Lisfranc joints?
1st metatarsal and medial cuneiform - Correct-answer-what makes up
the medial column of the tarsometatarsal joints?
2nd and 3rd metatarsal and intermediate and lateral cuneiforms -
Correct-answer-what makes up the middle column of the
tarsometatarsal joints?
4th and 5th metatarsals and the cuboid - Correct-answer-what makes
up the lateral tarsometatarsal joints?
