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Bones
Soft Tissue
Lower Leg Injuries
Ankle/Foot Injuries
Potpourri
100
This is frequently called the heel bone.
What is the calcaneus?
100
The lower leg is divided into these.
What are compartments?
100
A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle.
What is a cramp?
100
The most frequently sprained ligament in the lateral ankle.
What is anterior talofibular ligament?
100
This is the term for a flat foot with little to no arch.
What is pes planus?
200
The bumps on each side of the ankle.
What is a malleolus?
200
This muscle is superficial to the soleus.
What is the gastrocnemius?
200
A common S&S of this injury is crepitus with plantar and dorsi flexion.
What is Achilles tendonitis?
200
When the anterior and/or posterior tibiofibular ligaments are sprained.
What is a high ankle sprain?
200
This type of joint has been used in wood working for centuries and the ankle joint resembles one.
What is a mortise and tenon joint?
300
There 14 of these bones in the foot.
What are the phalanges?
300
These muscles are on the lateral side of the lower leg and allow the ankle to evert.
What are the peroneals?
300
Shiny skin is a late and severe sign of this injury.
What is compartment syndrome?
300
Inflammation of the tough ligamentous type of band on the bottom of the foot.
What is plantar fasciitis?
300
This is the team that is the number 3 seed of the west region of the NCAA Division 1 men's basketball tournament.
Who are the Iowa State Cyclones?
400
This bone is directly under the tibia.
What is the talus?
400
This is the ligament on the medial side of the ankle.
What is the deltoid ligament?
400
The medical name for "shin splints."
What is Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (MTSS)?
400
With pain that is worse in the morning is a telltale sign for this injury to the foot.
What is plantar fasciitis?
400
This is the name of the motion of pushing your foot down or pointing your foot.
What is plantar flexion?
500
This bone lies between the 1st cuneiform and the talus.
What is the navicular?
500
This muscle runs along the front of the lower leg and allows for dorsi flexion
What is the tibialis anterior?
500
Sometimes this injury can be confused for "shin splints" but a telltale sign is pain that is worse at night.
What is a stress fracture?
500
A Jones fracture.
What is a fracture to the base of the 5th metatarsal?
500
This the test used to help determine if the Achilles tendon has ruptured.
What is the Thompson Test?