If this bone in your lower leg is broken, you may still be able to walk.
What is the fibula?
100
The ligament that connects the calcaneous and the fibula
What is the calcaneofibular ligament?
100
A common injury in soccer, caused by a kick to the shin, perhaps above the shin guard
What is a shin contusion?
100
Swelling over the lateral side of the ankle, slight instability of the ankle and minimal pain with weight bearing are signs of what injury?
What is a lateral ankle sprain?
100
The motion that causes a medial ankle sprain
What is eversion?
200
The medical term for the "heel bone"
What is the calcaneous?
200
The thick ligament complex on the medial side of the ankle
What is the deltoid ligament complex?
200
The condition caused by a severe blow to the lower leg or a mistreated shin contusion
What is compartment syndrome?
200
Pain over the posterior lower leg, especially when rising on the toes, is indicative of an injury to this tendon
What is the achilles tendon?
200
One way to tell whether an athlete has a stress fracture of the tibia, not shin splints
What is point tenderness?
300
The bone in the lower leg that features the medial malleolus.
What is the tibia?
300
The ligaments torn during a high ankle sprain
What are the anterior and posterior tibiofibular ligaments?
300
The medical term for "shin splints"
What is medial tibial stress syndrome?
300
The appropriate treatment for an open fracture of tibia and fibula
What is call 911
300
The appropriate treatment for tendonitis
What is RICE?
400
The bone that the tibia and fibula connect with to comprise the talocrural joint
What is the talus?
400
The name of the joint considered to be the "true" ankle joint
What is the talocrural joint?
400
One of the two reasons it is easier to sprain the lateral ligaments of the ankle than the medial ligaments of the ankle
What is the deltoid ligament complex is stronger than the lateral ankle ligaments OR the tibia is longer than the fibula?
400
Mistreated shin splints can lead to this injury
What is a tibial stress fracture?
400
The motion(s) that cause a high ankle sprain
What is inversion and plantar flexion?
500
The ligament that typically tears first in an inversion (lateral) ankle sprain
What is the anterior talofibular ligament?
500
The three structures are present in each of the 4 compartments of the lower leg
What is a nerve, a blood vessel, and muscle(s)?
500
Nagging pain over a large portion of the anterior shin that occurs with prolonged running on hard surfaces is a symptom of what injury?
What is medial tibial stress syndrome (shin splints)?
500
Sharp pain, described occasionally like a snakebite, over the posterior lower leg while completing a strong contraction of the calf muscle may be a sign of what injury?