Foot and ankle 5 Flashcards
What tendon and accompanied action may cause an avulsion fracture of the 5th metatarsal base
Peroneus Brevis with PB contraction eversion with PF in inversion
What lateral tendon can sublux and where?
PB over the lateral mallelous
Insertion and origin of Peroneus Tertius
Origin andterior surface of the fibula and insertion at the 5th Metatarsal base. EDL and PT tenosyovitis “halo sign” of fluid surronding the EDL
Peroneus Quatus: What is it and what can it do?
An accessory muscle. Could crowd the retro malleolar groove, predisposing to PB tendon to attrition and tear.
Tarsal Tunnel: what does Tom, Dick and Very, Nervous Harry stand for?
- TB tendon, 2. FDL tendon and 3. Tibial veins and artery and Tibial Nerve and FHL tendon
What are the branches of the Tibial nerve into the foot
- Medial Calcaneal nerve 2. Medial plantar nerve, 3. Lateral plantar nerve
What is Baxter’s nerve
Heel pain is entrapment of first branch of the lateral plantar nerve
If a patient presents with numbness of the heel, what do you image?
tarsal tunnel and tibial nerves
Review of posterior to the medial malleolus image
pic of medial malleolus
Image of TD and very nervous Harry
see pic
Ganglion Cyst compressing Tibial nerve and note the PT tendon can becom tendinotic causing tibial nerve compression
see pic
FHL is near what triangle
Kagers triangle
What does the word aponeuroses mean?
becoming tendon
What is the Achilles tendon made of:
fusion of the gastrocnemicus aponeurosis and the tendon of the underlying soleus
Origin and insertion of the plantaris tendon, what are its actions? And what can it mimic?
see pic