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ATR 257 test 2 Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
The foot consists of how many bones? Answer: 26
What are the toes designed for? Answer: Giving a wider base both for balance
and for propelling the body forward.
What is the name of the first toe? Answer: Hallux
How many phalanges does the first toe have? Answer: 2
How many phalanges do the other toes have each? Answer: 3
What is located beneath the first Metatarsophalangeal joint? Answer: Two
sesamoid bones
What are the functions of the two sesamoid bones? Answer: Assist in reducing
pressure in weight bearing, increasing the mechanical advantage of the flexor
tendons of the great toe, and to act as sliding pulleys for tendons.
What are the metatarsals? Answer: The 5 bones that lie between and articulate
with the tarsals and the phalanges, thus forming the semi movable
tarsometatarsal and metatarsophalangeal joints.
The metatarsophalangeal joints permit what type of action of the phalanges?
Answer: Hinge
What are Phalanges? Answer: Toes
What are Metatarsals? Answer: Foot
What are Tarsals? Answer: Ankle
How many bones form the toes? Answer: 14
What is the joint between 2 phalanges? Answer: Interphalangeal joint (IP)
, 2
What is the joint between proximal phalanx & metatarsal is a? Answer:
Metatarsophalangeal (MP or MTP) joint
How many bones form the ankle? Answer: 7
Where is the talus on the foot located? Answer: On top of calcaneus between
tibia & fibula
Joints between the metatarsals & tarsals are the? Answer: Tarsometatarsals
(TMT or TM) joints
Joint between the talus & calcaneus is the? Answer: Subtalar joint
What occurs at the subtalar joint? Answer: Inversion & eversion occur here
How many bones does the leg have? Answer: 2
What is the primary weight bearing bone of the leg? Answer: Tibia
In the tibia, distal aspect flares to become the? Answer: Medial malleolus
Primary function of the Fibula? Answer: Muscle attachment
In the Fibula, distal aspect flares to become the? Answer: Lateral malleolus
Joint between the tibia, fibula, & talus is the? Answer: Talocrural joint
What occurs in the ankle mortise joint? Answer: Plantar flexion & dorsiflexion
How many ligaments support the lateral ankle? Answer: 3
How many ligaments support the medial ankle? Answer: 1 large, 4 part
ligament with multiple attachments. (deltoid ligament)
How many ligaments support the medial ankle? Answer: 1 plantar
calcaneonavicular ligament (spring ligament)
How many ligaments support the anterior ankle? Answer: 1 anterior
tibiofibular ligament
ATR 257 test 2 Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
The foot consists of how many bones? Answer: 26
What are the toes designed for? Answer: Giving a wider base both for balance
and for propelling the body forward.
What is the name of the first toe? Answer: Hallux
How many phalanges does the first toe have? Answer: 2
How many phalanges do the other toes have each? Answer: 3
What is located beneath the first Metatarsophalangeal joint? Answer: Two
sesamoid bones
What are the functions of the two sesamoid bones? Answer: Assist in reducing
pressure in weight bearing, increasing the mechanical advantage of the flexor
tendons of the great toe, and to act as sliding pulleys for tendons.
What are the metatarsals? Answer: The 5 bones that lie between and articulate
with the tarsals and the phalanges, thus forming the semi movable
tarsometatarsal and metatarsophalangeal joints.
The metatarsophalangeal joints permit what type of action of the phalanges?
Answer: Hinge
What are Phalanges? Answer: Toes
What are Metatarsals? Answer: Foot
What are Tarsals? Answer: Ankle
How many bones form the toes? Answer: 14
What is the joint between 2 phalanges? Answer: Interphalangeal joint (IP)
, 2
What is the joint between proximal phalanx & metatarsal is a? Answer:
Metatarsophalangeal (MP or MTP) joint
How many bones form the ankle? Answer: 7
Where is the talus on the foot located? Answer: On top of calcaneus between
tibia & fibula
Joints between the metatarsals & tarsals are the? Answer: Tarsometatarsals
(TMT or TM) joints
Joint between the talus & calcaneus is the? Answer: Subtalar joint
What occurs at the subtalar joint? Answer: Inversion & eversion occur here
How many bones does the leg have? Answer: 2
What is the primary weight bearing bone of the leg? Answer: Tibia
In the tibia, distal aspect flares to become the? Answer: Medial malleolus
Primary function of the Fibula? Answer: Muscle attachment
In the Fibula, distal aspect flares to become the? Answer: Lateral malleolus
Joint between the tibia, fibula, & talus is the? Answer: Talocrural joint
What occurs in the ankle mortise joint? Answer: Plantar flexion & dorsiflexion
How many ligaments support the lateral ankle? Answer: 3
How many ligaments support the medial ankle? Answer: 1 large, 4 part
ligament with multiple attachments. (deltoid ligament)
How many ligaments support the medial ankle? Answer: 1 plantar
calcaneonavicular ligament (spring ligament)
How many ligaments support the anterior ankle? Answer: 1 anterior
tibiofibular ligament
