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14 Cards in this Set
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Name the two bones of the hind foot |
Calcaneus, talus |
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Name the 5 tarsal bones |
Navicular, cuboid, cuneiforms (medial, middle, lateral) |
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Name the bones making up the end of the foot |
5 metatarsals 5 distal phalanges 4 middle phalanges 5 proximal phalanges |
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The talus sits on top of the (___) |
Calcaneus |
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The Subtalar joint is articulation between the (___) and the (____) and allows movement - (____) and (___) |
Talus, calcaneus, inversion, eversion |
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The three arches of the foot are the (____), (____) and (____). Clinically, the most significant is the (____) but all flatten during (____/____) |
Transverse, medial, lateral, medial, weight bearing |
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The hallux has (____) phalanges whereas the other toes have (____) phalanges |
2, 3 |
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The joint between the metatarsal bones and their respective phalange is called the (____) joint, it is a (____) joint allowing (____), (____), (____) and (____) |
Metatarsophalangeal, condyloid, flexion, extension, abduction, adduction |
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The joints between phalanges are called (____) joints and are (____) joints allowing only (____) and (____). They are reinforced by (____), (____) and (____) ligaments |
Interphalangeal, hinge, flexion, extension, plantar, dorsal, collateral |
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The long plantar ligament stretches from the (____) to the (____) on the (____) of the foot |
Calcaneus, cuboid, underside |
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The spring ligament is officially known as the (____) ligament and supports the (____) arch of the foot |
plantar calcaneonavicular, medial |
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The (____/____) is a horizontal shelf on the upper part of the (____) side of the calcaneus. It is an attachment point for the (____) and (____) ligaments. It is grooved below to allow passage of the (____/____/____) tendon |
Sustentaculum tali, medial, tibiocalcaneal, spring, flexor hallucis longus |
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The tarso- metatarsal joint is the articulations between the 3 (____) and cuboid and their respective metatarsals. They each have their own (____/____) and are enclosed within one, forming the (____/____) joint |
Cuneiforms, joint capsule, tarso-metatarsal |
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Retinaculae are (____) sheets which compress the (____) of muscles acting on the foot. There are 3: (____), (____) and (____), which are located medially, laterally and anteriorly respectively |
Fibrous, tendons, flexor, peroneal, extensor |
