Question | Answer |
Blisters occur where_________ exist. | Friction |
The most common ankle injury is a_________. | Sprain |
The mechanism of injury for an ankle sprain is similar to what? | Stepping in a hole |
The most common sprain is (medial/lateral). | Lateral |
How many arches are in the foot? | 4 |
Name 1 of the 2 serious injuries commonly mistaken for shin splints? | Stress fracture
anterior compartment syndrome |
Turf toe is the_______ of the big toe. | Sprain or hyperextension |
If left untreated plantar fasciitis can lead to? (name 2) | Heel spurs, muscle strains, and shin splints |
To help stay balanced both shoes should be padded? (T/F) | True |
A heel spur is a boney growth on the________? | Calcaneus |
A muscle cramp is a sudden________contraction. | Involuntary |
A small crack in the bone is known as a_________? | Stress fracture |
The strongest tendon in the body is the_______. | Achilles tendon |
Misdiagnosis of anterior compartment syndrome can lead to_______? | Permanent tissue damage |
What four bones make up the ankle? | Tibia, fibula, talus, calcaneous |
What is the long slender bone that is on the lateral side of the lower leg? | Fibula |
What is the difference between dorsiflexion and plantar flexion? | Dorsiflexion decreases the angle between the foot and the lower leg while plantar flexion increases it |
What is it called when a body segment is moved away from the midline of the body? | Abduction |
What bones make up the foot? | Talus, calcaneous, navicular, cuboid, cuneiforms, metatarsals, phalanges and sesamoids |
What are the four arches of the foot? | Metatarsal, transverse, medial longitudinal, lateral longitudinal |
What is a function of the tibialis anterior? | Dorsiflexes foot, inverts and adducts foot |
What is plantar flexion? | The act of drawing the toe or foot toward the plantar aspect of the proximally conjoined body segment (increasing angle in between the top of the foot and the leg) |
Abduction is the movement of a body segment toward the midline of the body. True or false? | False |
When there is an inversion, does the sole of the foot turn inward or outward? | Outward |
What are the ligaments in the foot? | Anterior talofibular, calcaneofibular, posterior talofibular, anterior tibiofibular, posterior tibiofibular, deltoid, long plantar, plantar calcaneonavicular |
What are the joints in the ankle? | Talocrual, metatarsophalangeal, tarsomerararsal, subtalar, cuneonavicular, calaneocuboid, talonavicular, cuneocuboid, talocalcaneonavicular |
What does the gastrocnemius do? | Plantar flexes foot, flexes lower leg |
Adduction is the movement of a body segment away from the midline of the body. True or False? | False |
What does the popliteus do? | Flexes the knee, medial rotation of flexed leg |
List the 4 arches of the foot | Medial; longitudinal; metatarsal; transverse |
What is the most commonly injured structure in athletics? | ankle |
In regards to an inversion (lateral) ankle sprain, List 1 on the 3 ligaments that may be damaged. | anterior talofib; calfib; posterior talofib |
What is another term more commonly used for a great toe sprain? | turf toe |
What is another term used for medical tibial stress syndrome? | shin splints |
List possible causes of muscle cramps. | Fatique; dehydrate; fractures; lack of electrolytes; poor flexibility; previous injury; improperly fitted equipment |
If the 2nd toe is longer than the 1st toe, the person is said to have _________ ________ | Morton's Toe |
_________ ____________ __________ is excessive swelling in the anterior area of the lower leg. This should be treated as a medical emergency | Anterior Compartment Syndrome |
_______ ___________ is the act of drawing the toe or foot toward the ground. | plantar flexion |
________ __________ is the act of drawing the toe or foot towards your body | dorsi flexion |
An athlete tells you she has everted her ankle/foot and has pain just below her medical maleous. What structure might be injured? | deltoid ligament |
The ___ ___ is a wide, non-elastic ligamentous tissue that extends from the anterior portion of the calcaneus to the heads of the metatarsals, supplying support to the longitudinal arch of the foot. | plantar fasciitis |
The ____ _____ is the strongest tendon of the body. List 3 possible mechanisms of injury. | achilles tendon; overuse; muscle imbalance; inflex; or a sudden movement |