Muscle groups (lower leg)
Foot
Planes of Motion
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100

What 3 muscles make up the superficial posterior group?

gastrocnemius, soleus, plantaris

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What are the 3 arches of the foot?

Lateral, Medial, transverse

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what type of motion is inversion and eversion?

complex plane motion

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how many different movements happen at ankle?

6  

200

What 3 muscles make up the deep posterior group?

tibialis posterior, flexor hallucis longus, and flexor digitorum longus

200

What is the only arch that is visible in weight bearing?

medial arch

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what motions make up inversion?

raising the medial border of the foot, plantar flexion, supination and abduction

200

What are the 6 movements that happen at the ankle?

inversion, eversion, plantarflexion, dorsiflexion, abduction, and adduction

300

What 3 muscles make up the anterior muscle group?

tibialis anterior, extensor hallucis longus, and extensor digitorum longus

300

what are the stirrup muscles of the foot?

tibialis anterior and fibularis longus

300

what motions make up eversion?

dorsiflexion, pronation and abduction

300

true or false: is inversion and eversion a single plane motion?

false: it is a complex motion

400

What 3 muscles make up the lateral group?

peroneus longus, peroneus brevis, and peroneus tertius

400

what bone is the keystone of the transverse arch?

2nd cuneiform

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what type of motion is supination and pronation?

single plane motion

400

what motion occurs at the subtalar joint? (Subtalar joint. The subtalar (ST) joint is an articulation between two of the tarsal bones in the foot: the talus and calcaneus. )

inversion and eversion

500

True or false: in rehab tibialis posterior is one of the most important muscles due to it helping with inversion and dorsiflexion

false: tibialis anterior helps with inversion and dorsiflexion

500

What helps support both the lateral and medial arch and helps protect the nerve, arteries, and veins in the foot?

Plantar aponeurosis

500

what type of end-feel is dorsiflexion and plantar flexion?

firm

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the tendons of what muscles pass posterior to medial malleolus? name 2

tibialis posterior, flexor digitorum longus and flexor hallucis longus