Lecture 18: Foot Flashcards
What bone of the foot is associated with muscle tears?
Calcaneus
What bones make up the hindfoot?
Talus and calcaneus
What bones make up the midfoot?
Navicular, cuboid, cuneiforms
What bones make up the forefoot?
Metatarsals and phalanges
How many tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges do we have?
7 tarsals
5 metatarsals
14 phalanges
A 16yo gymnast presents to the ED after landing awkwardly on her ankle. She reports that she felt the sole of her foot roll inward, essentially inverting her ankle as a result of a misaligned axial load. Following the injury, she is able the invert her feet equally on both sides, however, on PE there appears to be Ab anterior displacement of the talus. What ligament has she most likely injured?
Anterior talofibular ligament
- Always first!
How are medial ligaments of the ankle named?
Leg bone to foot bone
What ligaments make up the medial ligament of the ankle (deltoid ligament)?
Ant. Tibiotalar part
Post. Tibiotalar part
Tibiocalcaneal part
Tibionavicular part
How are lateral ligaments of the ankle named?
From foot bone to leg bone (opposite medial ligament naming!)
What are the 2 major supporting ligaments of the ankle?
Medial talocalcaneal ligament
Posterior talocalcaneal ligament
When you have an inversion ankle sprain, what is 1st, 2nd and 3rd to tear?
1st = anterior talofibular ligament 2nd = calcaneofibular ligament 3rd = Posterior talofibular ligament
What does the severity of an ankle sprain depend on?
How many ligaments have torn
What do shearing injuries of the ankle do?
Fracture the lateral malleolus at or superior to the ankle joint
What do avulsion fractures do?
Break the malleolus inferior to the ankle joint -> a fragment of bone is pulled off by the attached ligaments
What is a Pott fracture?
Dislocation of the ankle when the foot is forcibly everted
- This action pulls on the extremely strong medial ligament, often tearing off the medial malleolus, the talus then moves laterally shearing off the lateral malleolus or mor commonly breaking the fibula superior to the tibiofibular syndesmosis
What is a timalleolar fracture?
Found in a Pott fracture when the medial malleolus is sheared off, the lateral malleolus is sheared off breaking the fibula AND the tibia is sheared doff by the talus
These 3 things all happening = trimalleolar fracture
A “flat foot” that causes severe pain when walking is the result of what?
Collapse of the medial longitudinal arch, with eversion and abduction of the forefoot
What is the function of the medial arch of the foot?
Weight bearing
What is the function of the lateral arch of the foot?
Provides balance
What arch of the foot does the calcaneus belong to?
Its par of the medial and lateral arch
Foot arches are formed by what bones?
Tarsal and metatarsal bones
What are the main functions of foot arches?
Absorb shock during weightbearing
Makes foot adaptable to surface and weight change
What are the 2 arches of the foot?
Longitudinal (consists of medial and lateral parts)
Transverse
How does a normal medial longitudinal arch become visible during development?
The flat appearance of the sole of the foot before age 3 is normal due to he thick subcutaneous fat pad in the sole. As children get older the fat pad is lost and a normal medial longitudinal arch becomes visible
Flat feet can be either flexible or rigid. What is the difference and what is the most common?
Flexible (most common) = lack a medial arch when weight bearing but normal appearance when not weight bearing
Rigid = always flat appearance
What do flexible flat feet result from?
Loose or degenerated intrinsic elements
Rigid flat feet with a history that goes back to childhood are likely to result from what? Whereas, acquired flat feet are likely due to what?
history of flatfeet = bone deformity
Acquired flatfeet = secondary to dysfunction of the tibialis posterior due to trauma, degeneration with age or denerveration
A 45 yo woman complains of pain on the bottom of her feet. The pain is worse in the morning and gets better throughout the day. She is a nurse, so she is on her feet a lot while working. After a 12 hr shift she does not notice the pain, but when she wakes up the next day, she says it hurts when she gets our of bed. What movement will elicit the most pain upon evaluation?
Dorsiflexion
What movement causes the most and least pain in a pt with plantar fasciitis?
Dorsiflexion = most pain Plantarflexion = relieves pain
What side of the foot is most susceptible to edema?
Dorsum
What tissue types are found on the dorsum versus plantar surfaces of the foot?
Plantar = fibrous subcutaneous tissue Dorsum = loose subcutaneous tissue
What is the plantar fascia found in the center of the foot called?
Plantar aponeurosis
What is the function of plantar aponeurosis?
It covers entire length of sole, divides into 5 bands (encloses digital tendons), and helps support the longitudinal foot arches
What is the function of extensor hallucis brevis and extensor digitorum brevis muscles on the dorsum of the foot?
They aid in extension but arent the actual extensors of the foot
What muscles are found in the 1st layer of the foot?
Abductor hallucis
Flexor digitorum brevis
Abductor digiti minimi