more foot and ankle Flashcards
Accessory bone: where is the Os vesalianum pedis (OVP loacated)
Embedded in the peroneus brevis near 5th met insertion
Os Trigonium location? Varies in size and can cause what kind of impingement
posterior impingement pain, ballet dancers “en “pointe”
Os Trigonium fracuture is called?
Shepards fracture after Canadian surgeon Francis Shepard
How many phalanges?
14
What is the calcaneo-navicular ligament called and how many deltoid ligaments?
Spring ligament and 3 (name them)
Spring ligament is deep to what tendon?
Tibialis posterior tendon
What are the 3 lateral ligaments of the ankle and what is the weakest?
ATFL, “fibular collateral” and weakest, calcaneofibular (largest), and posterior talofibular (strongest of the 3)
Where is the posterior talo fib lig located?
deepest and strogest.
Image of the talo fib ligament. What should you dynamically do to get a good image?
Dorsiflex foot