LOWER EXTREMITY

Question 1

The lower extremity and its girdle are studied in four parts, what are they?

Answer 1

1 foot,
2 leg, tib/fib
3 thigh, femur
4 hip/pelvis

Question 2

The foot consists of how many bones?

Answer 2

26 bones

Question 3

What are the bones of the foot?

Answer 3

• 14 phalanges,
• 5 metatarsals
• 7 tarsals(ankle)

Question 4

What are bones of the toes?

Answer 4

14 phalanges

Question 5

What are the bones of the instep?

Answer 5

5 metatarsals

Question 6

What are bones of the ankle?

Answer 6

• 7 tarsals(ankle)

Question 7

What are the foot divided in?

Answer 7

-forefoot
-midfoot
-hindfoot

Question 8

What does the forefoot include?

Answer 8

metatarsals and toes

Question 9

What does the midfoot include?

Answer 9

The five tarsals, cuneiforms, navicular and cuboid bones.

Question 10

What does the midfoot include?

Answer 10

talus and calcaneus

Question 11

The bones of the foot are shape and joined together to form a series of?

Answer 11

longitudinal(shock absorber) and transverse arches

Question 12

What is the superior surface of the foot termed?

Answer 12

dorsum or dorsal surface

Question 13

What is the inferior surface of the foot is termed as?

Answer 13

plantar surface

Question 14

What does the metatarsals consist of?

Answer 14

a body and two articular ends

Question 15

What is the extended proximal end called?

Answer 15

Base

Question 16

What is the small rounded proximl end of the a called?

Answer 16

head

Question 17

What does the 5 heads of the metatarsal form?

Answer 17

ball of the foot

Question 18

Which metatrsal is thr shirtest and thicknest?

Answer 18

1st metatarsal

Question 19

Which metatarsal is the longest?

Answer 19

2nd metatarsal

Question 20

The base of which metatarsal contains the prominent tuberosity?

Answer 20

5th metatarsal(common site of fracture)

Question 21

What are the 7 tarsal bones?

Answer 21

talus, calcaneus, navicular, cuboid, & medial, intermediate & lateral cuneiforms

Question 22

The beginning at the medial side of the foot the cuneiforms are described as?

Answer 22

medial, intermediate, and lateral

Question 23

Which tarsal bone is the largest and strongest?

Answer 23

Calcanus (oc calcis referred as)

Question 24

The calcaneus projects_______
at the distal part of the foot, the long axis is inferior and forms a 30 degree angle.

Answer 24

Posteriorly and medially

Question 25

The posterior and inferior portions of the calcaneus contain the posterior____? to attach?

Answer 25

tuberosity to attach the achilles tendon

Question 26

what are the three articular facets that join with the talus superiorly?

Answer 26

anterior, middle, and posterior facets

Question 27

Between the middle and posterior talar articular facets is a groove called the?

Answer 27

Calcaneal sulcus

Question 28

The calcaneus sulcus corresponds to?

Answer 28

which corresponds to a similar groove on the inferior surface of the talus. These sulky constitue of a sinus tarsi

Question 29

Which ligament passes through the sulcus?

Answer 29

Inferrosseous ligament

Question 30

The medial asepct of the calcaneus extending downward outward as a shelf like over hang and is termed the?

Answer 30

sustentaculum tali

Question 31

The lateral surface of the calcaneus contains the ?

Answer 31

Trochela

Question 32

What shape is the talus?

Answer 32

irregular in form

Question 33

Which bone of the tarsal is the second largest and occupies the superior most position of the foot?

Answer 33

The TALUS

Question 34

What are the four bones the talus articulates with?

Answer 34

tibia, fibula, calcaneus, and navicular bone

Question 35

the superior surface of the foot, the trochlear surface articulates with?

Answer 35

the tibia and connects the foot to the leg