Sole of the foot Flashcards
Thick central portion of deep fascia of sole of foot
plantar aponeurosis
The ___ functions like a superficial ligament to help support the 3 arches of the foot
plantar aponeurosis
The 3 arches of the foot are the ___, ___, and ___
medial longitudinal, lateral longitudinal, and transverse
The two branches off of the posterior tibial artery and veins are the ____ and ____
medial and lateral plantar a and v
The medial plantar supplies the
medial sole of foot and digit 1
The lateral plantar supplies the
lateral sole of foot and digits 1-5
The lateral plantar artery forms the ____ under the metatarsals
deep plantar arch
The ____ nerve, a branch off of femoral nerve, provides cutaneous sensory from the skin of the medial side of foot
saphenous nerve
The ___, a branch off of tibial nerve, provides cutaneous sensory from the skin of the lateral side of the foot
medial sural nerve
The medial sural nerve travels with the ___ vein
small saphenous vein
The ____ is a branch of tibial nerve that provides cutaneous sensory from skin of the medial sole of foot and plantar surface of digits 1-3 and medial half of digit 4
medial plantar nerve
The ___ is a branch of tibial nerve that provides cutaneous sensory from the skin of the lateral sole of foot and plantar surface of digit 5 and lateral half of digit 4
lateral plantar nerve
The ___ is a branch of tibial nerve that provides cutaneous sensory from the skin of the heel
medial calcaneal branch
The plantar interossei ____ the digits
adduct
The dorsal interossei ___ the digits
abduct
The 3 lateral ligaments of the ankle:
calcaneofibular ligament, anterior and posterior talofibular ligaments
The 4 medial ligaments of the ankle:
anterior and posterior tibiotalar ligaments, tibiocalcaneal, and tibionavicular ligaments
What are the 3 ligaments of the foot:
long plantar ligament (both parts), short plantar ligament, spring ligament
The ligament from the calcaneus to the cuboid
long calcaneocuboid ligament
The ligament that is the continuation from the calcaneus to the base of metatarsals 2-4
superficial long plantar ligament
The ligament from the calcaneus to the cuboid deep to the long plantar ligament
short plantar ligament
The ligament from the calcaneus to the navicular
spring ligament
