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Foot and Ankle Anatomy Flashcards

1
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Nerve injury that leads to weakness and foot drop

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Peroneal nerve injury

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2
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Loss of longitudinal arch of foot

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Pes planus

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3
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Common site for swelling of joints in gout

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1st MTP joint

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4
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Largest tarsal bone in the body

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Calcaneus

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5
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Facet of calcaneus that is most involved in fractures

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Posterior facet

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6
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Borders of ankle mortise

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Superior: tibia (plafond)
Medial: medial malleolus (tibia)
Lateral: Lateral malleolus (fibula)

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7
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Part of the talus where most of the blood supply enters

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Neck of the talus

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8
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Part of the talus covered by articular cartilage

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Body/trochlea of the talus

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9
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Part of the talus often fractured by snowboarders

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lateral process of the talus

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10
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Muscle that inserts on the tuberosity of navicular

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posterior tibialis

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11
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Disease characterized by osteonecrosis of navicular

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Kohler’s disease

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12
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Most lateral tarsal bone

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Cuboid

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13
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Borders of tarsal tunnel

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posterior medial malleolus, medial walls of calcaneus and talus, flexor retinaculum

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14
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Contents of tarsal tunnel

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Tendons (TP, FDL, FHL), posterior tibial artery, tibial nerve

Tarsal tunnel - Tibial

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15
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Eponym for tarsometatarsal fractures/dislocations

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Lisfranc fracture/dislocation

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16
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Ligament that serves as the primary support of the ankle

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Distal tibiofibular ligament

17
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What type of joints are the tarsometatarsal, metatarsophalangeal, and interphalangeal joints?

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TM: Gliding
MTP: Condyloid
IP: Hinge (ginglymus)

18
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Defined as heel strike of one foot to heel strike of the opposite foot

19
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Defined as heel strike of one foot to subsequent heel strike of the same foot

20
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Layers of the foot

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Plantar fascia
I: 3 muscles (Abductor hallucis, flexor digitorum brevis, abductor digiti minimi)
II: 2 muscles (quadratus, lumbricals) 2 tendons (FHL, FDL)
III: 3 muscles Flexor hallucis brevis, adductor hallucis, flexor digiti minimi brevis
IV: 2 muscles (plantar interossei, dorsal interossei) 2 tendons PL and PT

21
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Interossei in the feet that adduct toes

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Plantar interossei

PAD Plantar adduct

22
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Interossei in the feet that abduct toes

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Dorsal interossei

DAB Dorsal abduct

23
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Continuation of anterior tibial artery in the foot

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Dorsalis pedis artery

24
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Terminal branches of posterior tibial artery

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Lateral plantar and medial plantar artery

25
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Branch of the posterior tibial artery that terminates as the deep plantar arch

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Lateral plantar artery

26
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Branch of the dorsalis pedis artery that supplies the distal tip of the toe

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Proper plantar digital artery (versus dorsal digital artery that does not reach the tip of the toe)

27
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1 musculoskeletal injury

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Ankle sprain

28
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Lesser toe defomity where there is metatarsophalageal joint hyperextension, associated with neurologic disease

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Claw toe deformity

29
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Lesser toe deformity characterized by fixed flexion of the proximal interphalangeal koint and dorsal callus. MTPJ and DIPJ are both extended.

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Hammertoe deformity

30
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Lesser toe deformity characterized by flexion of DIPJ

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Mallet toe deformity

31
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4 different deformities that characterize clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)

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CAVE
Cavus midfoot
forefoot Adductus
Subtalar Varus
hindfoot Equinus
32
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Most common pediatric foot disorder

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metatarsus adductus

33
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Veins draining to great saphenous and small saphenous vein

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Great saphenous - dorsal vein of big toe and dorsal venous arch of the foot

Small saphenous - dorsal vein of little toe and dorsal venous arch of the foot

34
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Nerve that runs alongside great saphenous vein anterior to medial malleolus

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Saphenous nerve

35
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Nerve that runs alongside small saphenous vein posterior to lateral malleolus

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Sural nerve

36
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Structures that run posterior to medial malleolus

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Flexor hallucis longus tendon
Flexor digitorum longus tendon
Tibial posterior tendon
Posterior tibial artery
Tibial nerve
37
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Articulation of the talus and calcaneus, where inversion and eversion occurs

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Subtalar joint

38
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Two joints that comprise the transverse tarsal or Chopart joint

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Talonavicular and calcaneocuboid

39
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This fracture is also called the lover’s fracture, occurring when a person jumps from a great height, associated with lumbar vertebrae and neck of the femur

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