ATR 257 TEST 2 (2/25-ANATOMY/INJURIES OF LEG,
ANKLE, AND FOOT)
What are the 2 groups of bones in you foot? - Answer -tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges
How many phalanges are in the foot? - Answer -14 (2 in big toe, 3 in other 4 toes)
______ are the long bones that make up your foot. - Answer -tarsals
_____ are bones that make up your toes. - Answer -phalanges
_____ are the bones of your ankle. - Answer -tarsals
The ______ is a joint between two phalanges. - Answer -interphalangeal joint
How many tarsals are there? - Answer -5
How are they numbered? - Answer -going from medial to lateral
What is the joint called that is between the proximal pahlanx and a metatarsal? -
Answer -metatarsophalangeal joint
What is the joint called between the metatarsals and tarsals? - Answer -tarsometatarsal
joint
What are the joints between tarsals? - Answer -intersarsal joints
The ____ is the joint between the talus and calcaneus. - Answer -subtalar
What occurs at the subtalar joint? - Answer -inversion and eversion
What is the primary weight bearing bone of the leg? - Answer -tibia
What is the primary function of the fibula? - Answer -muscle attachment
What is the joint called between the tibia, fibula, and the talus? - Answer -talocrural
joing/ankle mortise
What occurs at the talocrural joint? - Answer -plantar flexion and dorsal flexion
How many tarsal bones are there? - Answer -7
, How many ligaments support the lateral ankle? - Answer -3
What is the anterior ligament that connects the talus to the fibula? - Answer -anterior
talofibular ligament
What connects the calaneus to the fibula? - Answer -calcaneofibular ligament
What is the posterior ligament that attaches the talus to the fibula? - Answer -posterior
talofibular ligament
What supports the medial ankle? - Answer -deltoid ligament
What ligament supports the medial arch of the foot? - Answer -plantar
calcaneonavicular ligament (spring ligament)
What connects the anterior ankle to the tibia? - Answer -anterior tibiofubular ligament
What connects the posterior ankle to the tibia? - Answer -posterior tibiofibular ligament
What supports the plantar surface of the foot? - Answer -plantar fascia
Anterior muscles provide ______ - Answer -dorsiflexion
Posterior muscles provide _____. - Answer -plantarflexion
Lateral muscles provide _____. - Answer -eversion
Medial muscles provide _____. - Answer -inversion
What do the muscles in the anterior compartment of the leg do? - Answer -dorsiflex
ankle and extend toes
What do the muscles of the lateral compartment of the leg do? - Answer -evert the
ankle
The ____ mechanism of anterior compartment syndrome is caused by a direct blow or
excessive exercise over a short period of time. - Answer -acute mechanism
Is anterior compartment syndrome limb threatening? - Answer -yes
Red/shiny skin, decreased pulse, tingling, and difficulty dorsiflexing foot are all
symptoms of ____ - Answer -anterior compartment syndrome
T or F: always check distal pulse. - Answer -ture
ANKLE, AND FOOT)
What are the 2 groups of bones in you foot? - Answer -tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges
How many phalanges are in the foot? - Answer -14 (2 in big toe, 3 in other 4 toes)
______ are the long bones that make up your foot. - Answer -tarsals
_____ are bones that make up your toes. - Answer -phalanges
_____ are the bones of your ankle. - Answer -tarsals
The ______ is a joint between two phalanges. - Answer -interphalangeal joint
How many tarsals are there? - Answer -5
How are they numbered? - Answer -going from medial to lateral
What is the joint called that is between the proximal pahlanx and a metatarsal? -
Answer -metatarsophalangeal joint
What is the joint called between the metatarsals and tarsals? - Answer -tarsometatarsal
joint
What are the joints between tarsals? - Answer -intersarsal joints
The ____ is the joint between the talus and calcaneus. - Answer -subtalar
What occurs at the subtalar joint? - Answer -inversion and eversion
What is the primary weight bearing bone of the leg? - Answer -tibia
What is the primary function of the fibula? - Answer -muscle attachment
What is the joint called between the tibia, fibula, and the talus? - Answer -talocrural
joing/ankle mortise
What occurs at the talocrural joint? - Answer -plantar flexion and dorsal flexion
How many tarsal bones are there? - Answer -7
, How many ligaments support the lateral ankle? - Answer -3
What is the anterior ligament that connects the talus to the fibula? - Answer -anterior
talofibular ligament
What connects the calaneus to the fibula? - Answer -calcaneofibular ligament
What is the posterior ligament that attaches the talus to the fibula? - Answer -posterior
talofibular ligament
What supports the medial ankle? - Answer -deltoid ligament
What ligament supports the medial arch of the foot? - Answer -plantar
calcaneonavicular ligament (spring ligament)
What connects the anterior ankle to the tibia? - Answer -anterior tibiofubular ligament
What connects the posterior ankle to the tibia? - Answer -posterior tibiofibular ligament
What supports the plantar surface of the foot? - Answer -plantar fascia
Anterior muscles provide ______ - Answer -dorsiflexion
Posterior muscles provide _____. - Answer -plantarflexion
Lateral muscles provide _____. - Answer -eversion
Medial muscles provide _____. - Answer -inversion
What do the muscles in the anterior compartment of the leg do? - Answer -dorsiflex
ankle and extend toes
What do the muscles of the lateral compartment of the leg do? - Answer -evert the
ankle
The ____ mechanism of anterior compartment syndrome is caused by a direct blow or
excessive exercise over a short period of time. - Answer -acute mechanism
Is anterior compartment syndrome limb threatening? - Answer -yes
Red/shiny skin, decreased pulse, tingling, and difficulty dorsiflexing foot are all
symptoms of ____ - Answer -anterior compartment syndrome
T or F: always check distal pulse. - Answer -ture
