The foot

Question 1

What is the ankle bone known as?

Answer 1

Talus

Question 2

What is the heel bone known as?

Answer 2

Calcaneus

Question 3

What are the anterior bone in the tarasl area of the foot?

Answer 3

Navicular Cuneiform (1st, 2nd, 3rd) Cuboid

Question 4

What does each metatarsal have?

Answer 4

Proximal base Intermediate shaft Distal head

Question 5

In what direction do the number cuneiform, metatarsals and phalanges bones run?

Answer 5

Medial to lateral

Question 6

What is the joint between the metatarsals and the tarsals called?

Answer 6

Tarsometatarsal

Question 7

What is the joint between the metatarsals and the phalanges called?

Answer 7

Metatarsophalangeal joint

Question 8

What is the most distal part of the foot?

Answer 8

Phalanges

Question 9

What does each phalanx have?

Answer 9

Proximal base Intermediate shaft Distal head

Question 10

What are the bones in the phalanges separated by?

Answer 10

Interphalangeal joints

Question 11

How many large phalanges does the hallux and toes 2-5 have?

Answer 11

Hallux has 2 Toes 2-5 have 3

Question 12

What types of bones are in the foot?

Answer 12

Long bone Short bone Irregular bone Sesamoid bone

Question 13

Provide examples of long bone in the foot

Answer 13

Metatarsals Phalanges

Question 14

Provide examples of short bone in the foot

Answer 14

Tarsals Cuneiforms

Question 15

Provide examples of irregular bone in the foor

Answer 15

Calcaneus

Question 16

Provide examples of sesamoid bone in the foot

Answer 16

Base of the foot

Question 17

What are the types of joint in the lower leg?

Answer 17

Planar joints Hinge joint Condyloid joint

Question 18

What types of joint is a planar joint?

Answer 18

Synovial joint

Question 19

Describe a planar joint

Answer 19

Articulating surface are flat or slightly curved

Question 20

What movement do planar joints allow?

Answer 20

Back and forth Side to side

Question 21

Provide and example of a planar joint

Answer 21

Intertarsal joint in the foot

Question 22

What type of joint is a hinge joint?

Answer 22

Synovial joint

Question 23

Describe how a hinge joint works

Answer 23

The convex surface of one bone fits into the concave surface of another bone. One bone remains fixed whilst the other moves

Question 24

Provide an example of a hinge joint in the lower leg

Answer 24

Ankle aka talocrural joint

Question 25

What is the ankle joint also know as?

Answer 25

Talocrural joint

Question 26

What type of joint is a condyloid joint?

Answer 26

Synovial joint

Question 27

Describe how a condyloid joint works

Answer 27

The oval shaped projection from one bone fits into the oval shaped depression of another

Question 28

What movement is available at condyloid joints?

Answer 28

Flexion/extension Abduction/adduction

Question 29

Provide and example of ma condyloid joint

Answer 29

Metatarsophalangeal joint

Question 30

How are the muscles in the lower leg divided?

Answer 30

Anterior compartment Lateral compartment Posterior compartment

Question 31

What action does the anterior compartment cause?

Answer 31

Dorsiflex the foot

Question 32

What action does the lateral compartment cause?

Answer 32

Plantar flexion Eversion of the foot

Question 33

What action does the posterior compartment cause?

Answer 33

Plantar flexion of the foot

Question 34

What movement is availible in the ankle?

Answer 34

Dorsiflexion Plantar flexion Inversion or supination Eversion or pronation

Question 35

What are the ligaments in the ankle?

Answer 35

Posterior talofibular Calcaneofibular Anterior talofibular Calcaneotibial Tibionavicular

Question 36

What are the bone in the foot?