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Ankle and Foot Quiz

Total questions: 82

Worksheet time: 21hrs 30mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the main purpose of the fibula in the leg?

a)

protection

b)

weight bearing

c)

muscle attachment

d)

muscle leverage

2.

What main role does the tibia play in the ankle?

a)

protection

b)

dispersing gravity

c)

weight bearing

d)

muscle attachment

3.

Which part of the tibia does the fibula articulate with distally?

a)

it articulates tibia only proximally

b)

Fibular notch

c)

fibular malleolus

d)

fibular articular facet

4.

This boney prominence on the back of the tibia is where the soleus attaches to.

(a)  

5.

What muscle attaches superiorly on the fibula to counteract the downward pull of the ankle muscles?

a)

semitendinosus

b)

sartorius

c)

biceps femoris

d)

vastus lateralis

6.

What are the articulations of the proximal tibiofibular joint

a)

lateral malleolus

b)

posterolateral tibial condyle

c)

head of fibula

d)

fibular notch

7.

Where does both the tibia and fibula articulate with the talus?

a)

sustentaculum tali

b)

trochlear sruface

c)

body of talus

d)

neck of talus

8.

What type of joint is the talocrural joint?

a)

planar

b)

hinge

c)

ball and socket

d)

saddle

9.

Where do dorsiflexion and plantar flexion primarily occur in the ankle?

a)

transverse tarsal jt

b)

talocrural jt

c)

subtalar jt

d)

tarsometatarsal jt

10.

Which of the following are lateral ligaments of the ankle?

a)

anterior talofibular

b)

calcaneal fibular

c)

posterior talofibular

d)

posterior tibiotalar

e)

tibionavicular

11.

What is the main ligament that supports the ankle medially?

(a)  

12.

What is comprised in the anterior compartment of the lower leg?

a)

tibilias anterior

b)

extensor hallucis longus

c)

extensor digitorum

d)

extensor digitorum brevis

e)

fibularis tertius

13.

Which nerve innervates all of the anterior compartment of the lower leg?

a)

tibial

b)

deep fibular

c)

superficial tibial

d)

superficial fibular

14.

What movements does the tibialis anterior perform?

a)

dorsiflexion of foot

b)

inversion of foot

c)

dorsiflexion of ankle

d)

eversion of foot

e)

plantar flexion of ankle

15.

What movements does the Extensor Hallucis longus perform?

a)

extension of great toe

b)

dorsiflexion of ankle

c)

adduction of great toe

d)

abduction of great toe

e)

inversion of foot

16.

What are the primary movements of extensor digitorum longus?

a)

extending toes 2-5

b)

minor dorsiflexion of ankle

c)

minor dorsiflexion of foot

d)

extension of foot

17.

What movements does Fibularis tertius do?

a)

dorsiflexion of foot

b)

dorsiflexion of ankle

c)

eversion of foot

d)

abduction of foot

18.

What is the main function of the extensor retinaculum?

a)

prevent tendon bowing

b)

ankle stabilization

c)

pathway for vasculature

d)

muscle attachment

19.

Which two muscles are in the lateral compartment of the lower leg?

a)

fibularis longus

b)

fibularis brevis

c)

flexor hallucis longus

d)

Fibularis tertius

20.

Which nerve innervates teh lateral compartment?

a)

deep tibial

b)

superficial fibular

c)

deep fibular

d)

tibial

21.

What are the main actions of fibularis brevis and longus?

a)

eversion of foot

b)

minor plantarflexion of foot

c)

minor planarflexion of ankle

d)

minor eversion

22.

What muscles lie in the superficial layer of teh posterior lower leg compartment?

a)

soleus

b)

plantaris

c)

gastrocnemius

d)

tibialis posterior

e)

flexor digitorum longus

23.

What muscles are in the deep layer of the posterior compartment of the lower leg?

a)

soleus

b)

plantaris

c)

flexor hallucis longus

d)

flexor digitorum longus

e)

tibialis posterior

24.

What nerve innervates both the posterior compartments of the lower leg?

a)

saphenous

b)

deep tibial

c)

superficial tibial

d)

tibial

25.

What is the main two actions of the gastronemius?

a)

plantar flexion

b)

weak knee flexion

c)

foot eversion

d)

ankle stability

26.

What is the main role of the soleus?

a)

foot inversion

b)

plantar flexion

c)

weak knee flexion

d)

foot eversion

27.

What is the main role of the plantaris?

a)

plantar flexion

b)

proprioception

c)

knee flexion

d)

screw home mechanism

28.

What is the main role of the tibialis psoterior?

a)

eversion of foot

b)

inversion of foot

c)

abduction of foot

d)

plantar flexion

29.

What is the only function of the flexor digitorum longus?

a)

flexion of big toe

b)

flexion of digits

c)

flexion of ankle

d)

flexion of foot

30.

What is the main role of the flexor hallucis longus?

a)

plantarflexion

b)

big toe flexion

c)

big toe extension

d)

big toe inversion

31.

What lies under the flexor retinaculum?

a)

flexor hallucis longus t

b)

tibial n.

c)

posterior tibialis a+v

d)

flexor digitorum longus t

e)

tibialis psoterior t

32.

What attaches onto the base of the 5th metatarsal to provide dorsiflexion and inversion of the foot?

a)

fibularis longus

b)

tibialis anterior

c)

tibialis posterior

d)

fibularis tertius

33.

What muscle attaches to digits 2-5 to provide toe extension?

a)

extensor tertius

b)

extensor digitorum longus

c)

extensor digitorum longerest

d)

extensor hallucis longus

34.

What attaches to the dorsal phalanx of the big toe to provide big toe extension and dorsiflexion of ankle?

(a)  

35.

What attaches to the distal point of the fifth metatarsal?

a)

fibularis tertius

b)

fibularis longus

c)

fibularis brevis

36.

Which muscle starts laterally and then attaches medially on the base of the first metatarsal and medial cuneiform?

a)

fibularis longus

b)

fibularis brevis

c)

flexor hallucis longus

d)

Tibialis longus

37.

What attaches on the fifth metatarsal and primarily does foot eversion?

a)

abductor hallucis

b)

fibularis brevis

c)

fibularis longus

d)

fibularis tertius

38.

Which nerve runs between tibialis anterior and extensor digitorum longus, provides motor branches to the anterior compartment, and has no cutaneous contribution to the leg?

a)

deep fibular n.

b)

tibial n.

c)

common fibular n.

d)

superficial fibular n.

39.

What nerve has cutaneous fibers and primarily innervates fibularis brevis and longus?

a)

saphenous n.

b)

superficial fibular n.

c)

deep fibular n.

d)

tibial n.

40.

Which nerve provides motor branches to the lower posterior compartment of the leg and the popliteus?

a)

tibial n.

b)

common fibular n.

c)

deep fibular n.

d)

superficial fibular n.

41.

Which cutaneous distribution does the anterior medial part of the lower leg?

a)

sural

b)

superficial fibular

c)

Saphenous

d)

lateral sural cutaneous

42.

What does the anterior and posterior lateral aspect of cutaneous distribution in the lower leg?

a)

superficial fibular

b)

saphenous

c)

lateral sural cutaneous

d)

sural

43.

What does the posterior half of cutaneous distribution in the lower leg?

a)

superficial fibular

b)

saphenous

c)

lateral sural cutaneous

d)

sural

44.

What does the anterior lateral half of cutaneous distribution in the lower leg and anterior ankle?

a)

superficial fibular

b)

saphenous

c)

lateral sural cutaneous

d)

sural

45.

What provides cutaneous distribution to the heel of the foot?

a)

deep fibular

b)

calcaneal branch of tibial n.

c)

sural

d)

superficial fibular

46.

Why might there only be sensation lost between the second toe and the big toe and not elsewhere?

a)

compression of the superficial fibular nerve

b)

compression of the deep fibular nerve

c)

there is no sensation here in the first place

d)

compression of sural nerve

47.

Which dermatome does the anterior medial leg?

a)

S2

b)

L4

c)

L5

d)

S1

48.

Which dermatome does the anterior lateral leg?

a)

S2

b)

L4

c)

L5

d)

S1

49.

Which dermatome does the midline posterior leg?

a)

S2

b)

L4

c)

L5

d)

S1

50.

Which dermatome does the lateral ankle and posterior lateral leg?

a)

S2

b)

L4

c)

L5

d)

S1

51.

What myotome does dorsiflexion?

a)

L4/L5

b)

S1/S2

c)

L3/L4

52.

What myotome does plantarflexion?

a)

L4/L5

b)

S1/S2

c)

L3/L4

53.

Which spinal cord segments do the calcaneal reflex?

a)

S1/S2

b)

L3/L4

c)

L4/L5

d)

S2/S3

54.

Which artery supplies the anterior compartment of the lower leg?

a)

popliteal

b)

anterior tibial

c)

posterior tibial

d)

fibular

55.

Which arteries supply the posterior compartment of the lower leg?

a)

posterior tibial

b)

fibular

c)

anterior tibial

d)

saphenous

56.

Where does the axis of the foot go through?

a)

medial malleolus

b)

lateral malleolus

c)

talus

d)

head of fibula

e)

calcaneus

57.

The foot does triplanar motion. What three movements are included in supination?

a)

dorsiflexion

b)

plantarflexion

c)

inversion

d)

abduction

e)

adduction

58.

The foot does triplanar motion. What three movements are included in pronation?

a)

dorsiflexion

b)

plantarflexion

c)

eversion

d)

abduction

e)

adduction

59.

The talocrural joint has one plane of motion. How much dorsiflexion occurs here in degrees on average?

(a)  

60.

The talocrural joint has one plane of motion. How much plantarflexion occurs here in degrees on average?

(a)  

61.

What is the most stable position in GAIT?

a)

midstance

b)

toe off

c)

heel off

d)

foot flat

62.

When the talocrural joint is in a closed packed position, it has full range of dorsiflexion.

a)

true

b)

false

63.

When the talocural joint is in a close chained position, it is convex on concave.

a)

true

b)

false

64.

When the talocural joint is in a close open position, it is convex on concave.

a)

true

b)

false

65.

The talocrural joint is most stable while in dorsiflexion

a)

true

b)

false

66.

The subtalar joint is the articulation of the sustentaculum tali of the calcaneus and that talus

a)

true

b)

false

67.

The trasverse tarsal jt is between the cuneiforms and the navicular bone.

a)

true

b)

false

68.

What comprises the transverse arch of the foot?

a)

cuboid

b)

navicular

c)

cuneiform bones

d)

metatarsal bones

69.

The medial longitudinal arch of the foot is the primary shock absorber of the foot.

a)

true

b)

false (lateral longitudinal arch)

70.

Which muscles is comprised in the 1st layer of the plantar surface muscles?

a)

flexor digitorum brevis

b)

abductor hallucis

c)

abductor digiti minimi

d)

quadratus plantae

e)

lumbricals

71.

Which muscles is comprised in the 2nd layer of the plantar surface muscles?

a)

flexor digitorum brevis

b)

abductor hallucis

c)

abductor digiti minimi

d)

quadratus plantae

e)

lumbricals

72.

What muscles are comprised in the 3rd layer of the plantar surface muscles?

a)

adductor hallucis

b)

flexor hallucis brevis

c)

flexor digiti minimi

d)

plantar interossei (3)

e)

dorsal interossei (4)

73.

What muscles are comprised in the 4th layer of the plantar surface muscles?

a)

adductor hallucis

b)

flexor hallucis brevis

c)

flexor digiti minimi

d)

plantar interossei (3)

e)

dorsal interossei (4)

74.

The extensor hallucis brevis and extensor digitorum brevis comprise the dorsal surface of the foot.

a)

true

b)

false

75.

What artery splits to form the medial and lateral plantar arteries that supply the bottom of the foot?

a)

posterior fibular

b)

tibial

c)

deep tibial

d)

anterior fibular

76.

Which artery supplies the dorsal foot?

(a)  

77.

What nerve provides cutaneous distribution to the bottom of the big toe and digits 2 and 3?

a)

medial calcaneal branch

b)

dorsal digital nerve

c)

medial plantar nerve

d)

lateral plantar nerve

78.

What nerve provides cutaneous distribution between the big toe and 2 digit?

a)

medial calcaneal branch

b)

dorsal digital nerve

c)

medial plantar nerve

d)

lateral plantar nerve

79.

What nerve provides cutaneous distribution to the bottom of digit 1 and part of digit 2?

a)

medial calcaneal branch

b)

dorsal digital nerve

c)

medial plantar nerve

d)

lateral plantar nerve

80.

The mid food and hindfoot do the same motions in GAIT, while the forefoot does the opposite

a)

true

b)

false

81.

Which joint is comprised in the mid foot

(a)  

82.

What are the MAIN movements are the subtalar joint (hind foot)?

a)

inversion

b)

eversion

c)

abduction

d)

adduction