The action of this muscle is plantarflexion of the ankle.
What is the soleus?
100
The number of degrees of freedom in the ankle joint.
What is one degree of freedom?
100
The ligament most commonly injured with an inversion ankle sprain.
What is the anterior talofibular ligament?
100
The function of the gastrocnemius during midstance to toe of in relationship to the plantar aponeurosis.
What is anchoring of the calcaneus and slowing forward progression of the tibia?
100
Medial support of the talus by way of the calcaneus.
What is sustentaculum tali?
200
The lengthened position of the posterior flexor hallucis longus.
What is dorsiflexion, eversion and great toe extension?
200
The motion allowed by the transverse tarsal joint.
What is inversion and eversion?
200
An ankle pathology characterized by abnormal pressure on the plantar digital nerves, most commonly between the webspace of the third and fourth toes.
What is Morton's neuroma?
200
The closed kinetic chain function of the peroneus brevis.
What is providing dynamic stability to the lateral longitudinal arch of the foot?
200
Keystone of the medial longitudinal arch.
What is the talus?
300
The muscle that must be strengthened if your patient has pes planus.
What is the posterior tibialis?
300
Considered the most important joint in the ankle and foot complex.
What is the subtalar joint?
300
These bones are fractured if the patient has a diagnosis of a trimalleolar ankle fracture.
What is the medial malleollus and posterior malleolus of the tibia and lateral malleolus of the fibula?
300
With gait as you near the end of midstance, you will notice this occurring if the patient your are seeing has a tight gastrocnemius or soleus muscle.
What is early lifting of the heel off of the ground at the end of midstance?
300
The characteristic that makes the talus a very unique bone in the body.
What is that it has no muscle attachment?
400
The peripheral nerve supplying innervation to the peroneus tertius.
What is deep peroneal nerve?
400
The last joint to clear the ground surface during terminal stance phase and before the initiation of swing phase.
What is the IP joint of the great toe?
400
A condition involving the toes, where the PIP and DIP joints are fixed in flexion.
What is a claw toe?
400
The consequence if your patient has a fixed calcaneal varus position during the entire gait sequence.
What is a rigid or supinated foot?
400
This bone articulates distally with the 1st metatarsal.
What is the first cuneiform?
500
The closed kinetic chain function of the peroneus longus.
What is supination of the foot?
500
The joint position of the foot during heel strike and terminal stance phase.
What is supination?
500
Based on your knowledge of leverage and biomechanics, a patient who sustains a ruptured Achilles' tendon likely injured their tendon while performing this type of contraction.
What is eccentric contraction?
500
The agonist group and type of contraction used in your ankle when leaning forward to reach something at your hips, knees and ankles.
What is eccentric contraction of the plantarflexors?
500
The "tripod" of the foot.
What is the first metatarsal head, fifth metatarsal head and the calcaneus?