Across
- 3. the shinbone, bigger bone of the lower leg
- 6. away from the middle or center
- 7. a set of five long bones in the human foot that form the arch and help support body weight while walking, running, and otherwise moving
- 9. extension of the ankle so that the foot points down and away from the leg
- 11. two words, damage to the set of ligaments that keep your foot from rolling outward.
- 13. the main connector between the foot and leg
- 14. 2 words, a fibrous band of tissue that links the muscles in your calf to your heel
- 16. connects a bone to another bone
- 18. Two words, a complex of ligaments on the lateral side of the ankle is torn by varying degrees
- 22. the tubular bones of the toes
- 23. Group of six bones of the foot consisting of the calnavicular, talus, cuboid, and three cuneiform bones
- 24. the action of raising the foot upward toward the shin
Down
- 1. the smaller of the two bones in your lower leg
- 2. Two words, attaches the lateral malleolus to the calcaneus
- 4. heel bone
- 5. connects muscles to bones
- 7. toward the middle or center
- 8. a stretching or tearing of the ligaments that connect the bones of the foot
- 10. posterior talofibular ligament
- 12. a stretching or tearing of the tendons and muscles in the foot.
- 15. The Anterior Talo-Fibular Ligament
- 17. The big toe
- 19. turning outward
- 20. turning inward
- 21. a triangle-shaped ligament on the inner ankle