Foot Quiz Flashcards
What is the action of abductor hallucis?
Abducts and flexes 1st digit
Which of the following accessory bones of the foot is most commonly found?
Os trigonum
What is found on the lateral border of the foot?
Tuberosity of cuboid, fibular trochlea and tuberosity at the base of the 5th metatarsal
Which of the following is found on the lateral border of the foot?
Tuberosity at the base of the 5th metatarsal
The lateral tarsometatarsal joint involves:
The cuboid and 4th and 5th metatarsals
Which of the longitudinal arches of the foot is deeper?
Medial
The ligament that attaches to the sulcus tali and the sulcus calcanei is called the:
Interosseous talocalcaneal ligament
Where does the cervical ligament attach?
The dorsal surface of the calcaneus and the neck of the talus
Which nerve innervates flexor digitorum brevis?
Medial plantar nerve
What type of joint are the interphalangeal joints of the foot?
Hinge synovial
Which of the following is true of accessory bones?
They may be unilateral or bilateral
What is true of accessory bones?
Pathological coalitions between bones may form where an accessory bone is present
They may affect other structures e.g. the angle of certain muscles
Their locations are relatively constant
Which of the following is true of accessory bones?
Some are attached to other bones via ligaments
Which nerve innervates flexor digiti minimi brevis?
Lateral plantar nerve
Which of the following attaches to the tendon of flexor digitorum longus?
Quadratus plantae
The talocalcaneonavicular joint is made up of:
Tibialis posterior
The plantar aponeurosis
The planatarcaneonavicular (spring) ligament
The two parts of the transverse tarsal joint are the:
talonavicular articulation and calcaneocuboid joint
Which joint involves the medial cuneiform?
The great tarsal joint
In hallux valgus what moves medially?
The head of the 1st metatarsal
Which of the following moves laterally in hallux valgus?
The sesamoids of the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint
Supination at the subtalar joint of the foot is a combination of:
plantarflexion, inversion and adduction
Failure of which of the following is most likely to contribute to fallen arches?
Tibialis posterior
Failure of which of the following may contribute to fallen arches?
The plantar calcaneonavicular ligament
Which ligament attaches to the plantar surfaces of the calcaneus and cuboid?
The long plantar ligament and the short plantar ligament
The navicular bone is involved in which joints?
Talocalcaneonavicular joint
Great tarsal joint
Transverse tarsal joint
Which of the following attaches to the medial tubercle of the calcaneal tuberosity?
Abductor hallucis
Flexor digitorum brevis
Abductor digiti minimi
Which digits of the foot are extended by extensor digitorum brevis?
2-4
What is found on the medial border of the foot?
Medial cuneiform
Sustentaculum tali
Navicular tuberosity
What is the proximal attachment of extensor digitorum brevis?
Calcaneus and inferior extensor retinaculum
How many arches of the foot are there?
3
Which nerve innervates flexor hallucis brevis?
Medial plantar nerve
How many interosseous muscles attach to the 2nd proximal phalanx?
2
Which nerve innervates extensor hallucis brevis?
Deep fibular nerve
What separates the posterior and middle talocalcaneal articulations?
The interosseous talocalcaneal ligament
Which nerve innervates adductor hallucis?
Lateral plantar nerve
What is the action of the plantar interosseous muscles?
Adduct digits 3-5 and flex metatarsophalangeal joints
Which nerve innervates extensor digitorum brevis?
Deep fibular nerve
Which joint is part of the transverse tarsal joint?
Calcaneocuboid joint
How many joint capsules does the great tarsal joint have?
1
What attaches to the base of the 1st proximal phalanx of the foot?
Flexor hallucis brevis
Abductor hallucis
Adductor hallucis
Which of the following attaches to the base of the 5th proximal phalanx?
Flexor digiti minimi brevis
Sesamoid bones are sometimes ________
cartilaginous
Which tendons may have a sesamoid bone in it?
Fibularis longus
Tibialis posterior
Flexor hallucis brevis
What causes the plantar aponeurosis to tighten thus causing the longitudinal arches to deepen?
Dorsiflexion of the digits
Sudden inversion is most likely to cause which of the following?
Avulsion of the tuberosity at the base of the 5th metatarsal
What directly supports the head of the talus?
The plantar calcaneonavicular (spring) ligament
The transverse tarsal joint
is mechanically linked to the
subtalar joint
Weakness of which of the following may cause hammer toe?
Lumbricals and interosseous muscles
What flexes digits 2-5 of the foot?
Flexor digitorum brevis
Flexor digitorum longus
Quadratus plantae
Which joint involves the base of the 2nd metatarsal?
Great tarsal
Which bones articulate at the medial tarsometatarsal joint?
1st metatarsal and medial cuneiform
Which talocalcaneal articulations make up the anatomical subtalar joint?
The posterior one
Where is the fibular trocjlea located
lateral surface of the calcaneus
The groove for the flexor hallucis longus tendon on the talus runs between the
Medial and lateral tubercles of the posterior process of the talus
Which nerve innervates the first lumbrical of the foot?
Medial plantar nerve
The plantar aponeurosis attaches to the:
Calcaneal tuberosity and bases of proximal phalanges
The talocalcaneonavicular joint is:
The anatomical joint
The great tarsal joint usually involves:
All 3 cuneiforms, the navicular, cuboid and metatarsals 2 and 3
Which nerve innervates quadratus plantae?
Lateral plantar nerve
The close packed position of the functional subtalar joint is:
Supination
Which of the following will flex the proximal phalanges and extend the middle and distal pahalanges of digits 2-5 of the foot?
The lumbricals
Pronation at the functional subtalar joint is a combination of which movements?
Dorsiflexion, eversion and abduction
What type of joints are the metatarsophalangeal joints?
Condyloid synovial joints
Which talocalcaneal articulations contribute to the functional subtalar joint?
All of them
The posterior one
The anterior one
The anterior and middle ones
Which nerve innervates the 2nd lumbrical of the foot?
Lateral plantar nerve
_______ bones are formed in tendons or joint capsules,
May not completely ossify, and they decrease friction between adjacent structures
sesamoid bones
The axis of motion at the functional subtalar joint is in which plane?
None of the cardinal planes
Which of the following tendons almost always has a sesamoid bone in it?
fibularis longus
Which muscles abduct digits 2-4 of the foot?
The dorsal interosseous muscles
What does the metatarsal break do
allows force to be more evenly distributed across the forefoot during gate
