Lower Limb Vocab

Question 1

bursitis

Answer 1

inflammation of bursa due to repetitive movement or pressure

Question 2

claw toe

Answer 2

hyperextension of the metatarsophalangeal joint with flexion of the toe’s proximal and distal joints

Question 3

clubfoot

Answer 3

fixed congenital defect of the ankle and foot

Question 4

eversion

Answer 4

outward turning, movement of the sole of the foot outward at the ankle

Question 5

hallux valgus

Answer 5

lateral deviation of the big toe with the overlapping of the second toe

Question 6

inversion

Answer 6

inward turning, movement of the sole of the foot inward at the ankle

Question 7

legg-calve-perthes disease

Answer 7

avascular necrosis of the femoral head

Question 8

mallet toe

Answer 8

flexion deformity of the distal interphalangeal joint of the foot

Question 9

metatarsus adductus

Answer 9

most common deformity of the foot, marked by the middle bones of the foot pointing in toward the body

Question 10

Osgood-Schlatter disease

Answer 10

common overuse injury of teens, causes painful swelling of the knee due to apophyseal traction of the anterior aspect of the tibial tubercal

Question 11

pes cavus

Answer 11

high arch on teh sole of the foot

Question 12

pes planus (flat foot)

Answer 12

collapses arch of the foot