Foot
What are the movements to the foot upwards, closer to the shin?
Dorsiflexion and Plantar flexion
What is the posterior malleolus?
a fracture of the back of the tibia
What is the tibia?
It is parallel with the fibula. It is between the knee and ankle bones.
What is metatarsophalangeal?
The joint at the base of the toe.
What is navicular?
It is a boat shaped bone between the talus and cuneiform bones.
What is the bone on the lateral side?
Fibula
What is talus?
Is the bone where the foot attaches to the leg.
What are the 3 major ligaments on the lateral side of the ankle?
anterior talofibular, calcanofibular, posterior talofibular
What is your Soleus muscle?
a muscle in the lower calf below the gastrocnemuis. It flexes the foot to point the toes downward.
What are the names of the smaller foot bones?
Cuneiform's, cuboid and navicular
What is the Medial malleolous?
a bump on the inner side of the ankle.
What is your gastrocnemuis?
The main muscle of the calf of the leg, it flexes the knee and foot.
What is the longest part of the foot?
It is called the forefoot and it contains 19 bones.
What is the peroneus longus?
a muscle on the lateral compartment of the leg, and acts to evert and planterflex the ankle
What is the lateral condyle?
it is one of the two projects on the lower extremity of the femur.