Pedorthics Final Exam 2025/2026 Exam
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What does a pedorthist do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A pedorthist understands the
properties of footwear and the interaction between a patient's foot and the
device or shoe, which makes them skilled at evaluating feet and fitting
footwear
Anatomical planes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Coronal, sagittal, transverse
Columns of the foot - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Medial - 1st metatarsal, medial
cuneiform
Middle - 2nd/3rd metatarsal, intermediate/lateral cuneiform
Lateral - 4th/5th metatarsal, cuboid
,Sections of the foot - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Forefoot - distal phalanges 1-5,
intermediate phalanges 2-5, proximal phalanges 1-5, metatarsals 1-5
Midfoot - medial/intermediate/lateral cuneiforms, cuboid, navicular
Hindfoot (rearfoot) - talus, calcaneus
Name the joints of the foot and ankle complex - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Talocrural
(ankle); subtalar (talocalcaneal); transverse tarsal (midtarsal, Chopart)
[talonavicular, calcaneocuboid]; tarsometatarsal (Lisfranc);
metatarsophalangeal (MTP); proximal/distal interphalangeal (PIPs, DIPs)
Type of joint & motions: talocrural - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hinge; dorsiflexion,
plantarflexion
Type of joint & motions: subtalar - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Oblique condyloid;
pronosupination
Type of joint & motions: transverse tarsal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔TN - ball &
socket; inversion, eversion
CC - modified saddle; inversion, eversion
[oblique, longitudinal]
Type of joint & motions: tarsometatarsal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Planar
,Type of joint & motions: metatarsophalangeal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Condyloid;
DF, PF, adduction, abduction, circumduction
Type of joint & motions: interphalangeal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hinge; flexion,
extension
Four levels of PF amputation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Subtalar, Chopart, Lisfranc,
MTP
4 purposes of the foot - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Shock absorption, rigid propulsion,
adverse terrain, structural platform
Three arches of the foot - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Medial longitudinal, lateral
longitudinal, transverse
Bones of medial arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Calcaneus, navicular, all 3
cuneiforms, mets 1-3
Bones of the lateral arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Lateral tubercle of calcaneus,
cuboid, mets 4-5
Bones of the transverse arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Cuneiforms, cuboid,
metatarsals 1-5
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, Ligaments of medial arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Plantar calcaneonavicular
(spring), plantar aponeurosis, short/long plantar
Ligaments of the lateral arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Short & long plantar
Ligaments of the transverse arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Deep transverse
ligaments
Muscles of medial arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tibialis anterior, tibialis posterior,
flexor hallucis longus, gastrocnemius, soleus
Muscles of lateral arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Peroneus longus, peroneus brevis,
plantar fascia, intrinsics
Muscles of transverse arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Adductor hallucis, interossei,
peroneus longus, peroneus brevis
Bones that form the basis of weight bearing - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Met heads
(specifically 1,5), calcaneus
Column that is most weight bearing - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Lateral
Which is the stronger side of the ankle and why? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Lateral;
ligament positioning & fibula bony stop
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What does a pedorthist do? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A pedorthist understands the
properties of footwear and the interaction between a patient's foot and the
device or shoe, which makes them skilled at evaluating feet and fitting
footwear
Anatomical planes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Coronal, sagittal, transverse
Columns of the foot - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Medial - 1st metatarsal, medial
cuneiform
Middle - 2nd/3rd metatarsal, intermediate/lateral cuneiform
Lateral - 4th/5th metatarsal, cuboid
,Sections of the foot - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Forefoot - distal phalanges 1-5,
intermediate phalanges 2-5, proximal phalanges 1-5, metatarsals 1-5
Midfoot - medial/intermediate/lateral cuneiforms, cuboid, navicular
Hindfoot (rearfoot) - talus, calcaneus
Name the joints of the foot and ankle complex - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Talocrural
(ankle); subtalar (talocalcaneal); transverse tarsal (midtarsal, Chopart)
[talonavicular, calcaneocuboid]; tarsometatarsal (Lisfranc);
metatarsophalangeal (MTP); proximal/distal interphalangeal (PIPs, DIPs)
Type of joint & motions: talocrural - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hinge; dorsiflexion,
plantarflexion
Type of joint & motions: subtalar - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Oblique condyloid;
pronosupination
Type of joint & motions: transverse tarsal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔TN - ball &
socket; inversion, eversion
CC - modified saddle; inversion, eversion
[oblique, longitudinal]
Type of joint & motions: tarsometatarsal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Planar
,Type of joint & motions: metatarsophalangeal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Condyloid;
DF, PF, adduction, abduction, circumduction
Type of joint & motions: interphalangeal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Hinge; flexion,
extension
Four levels of PF amputation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Subtalar, Chopart, Lisfranc,
MTP
4 purposes of the foot - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Shock absorption, rigid propulsion,
adverse terrain, structural platform
Three arches of the foot - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Medial longitudinal, lateral
longitudinal, transverse
Bones of medial arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Calcaneus, navicular, all 3
cuneiforms, mets 1-3
Bones of the lateral arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Lateral tubercle of calcaneus,
cuboid, mets 4-5
Bones of the transverse arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Cuneiforms, cuboid,
metatarsals 1-5
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, Ligaments of medial arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Plantar calcaneonavicular
(spring), plantar aponeurosis, short/long plantar
Ligaments of the lateral arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Short & long plantar
Ligaments of the transverse arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Deep transverse
ligaments
Muscles of medial arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tibialis anterior, tibialis posterior,
flexor hallucis longus, gastrocnemius, soleus
Muscles of lateral arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Peroneus longus, peroneus brevis,
plantar fascia, intrinsics
Muscles of transverse arch - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Adductor hallucis, interossei,
peroneus longus, peroneus brevis
Bones that form the basis of weight bearing - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Met heads
(specifically 1,5), calcaneus
Column that is most weight bearing - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Lateral
Which is the stronger side of the ankle and why? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Lateral;
ligament positioning & fibula bony stop
