Inversion and eversion refer to special movements of the foot, which you’ll typically learn in anatomy courses. These movement terms are used by healthcare professionals during documentation and health assessments.
Before taking the inversion vs eversion quiz below, you might want to review our anatomy notes. In addition, you might want to view our inversion vs eversion video demonstration.
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Inversion vs Eversion Quiz Anatomy
1. What is eversion?
a. Movement of the foot so that the sole points toward the body’s midline (medially)
b. Movement of the foot so that the sole points away from the body’s midline (laterally)
c. Movement of the foot that brings the dorsal side nearer to the shin
d. Movement of the foot that brings the plantar side nearer to the calf
The answer is b, eversion moves the sole of the foot so that it points away from the body’s midline in a lateral direction.
2. What is inversion?
a. Movement of the foot so that the sole points toward the body’s midline (medially)
b. Movement of the foot so that the sole points away from the body’s midline (laterally)
c. Movement of the foot that brings the dorsal side nearer to the shin
d. Movement of the foot that brings the plantar side nearer to the calf
The answer is a, movement of the foot so that the sole points toward the body’s midline. Remember, inversion points the soles “in.”
3. Inversion and eversion movements are often used to describe types of ankle sprains.
a. True
b. False
The answer is a, true. Inversion ankle sprains generally cause injury to ligaments on the lateral side of the ankle, whereas eversion ankle sprains generally cause injury to ligaments on the medial side of the ankle.
4. A jogger sprained his ankle, causing injury to the ligaments on the medial side. What type of sprain was it?
a. Inversion sprain
b. Eversion sprain
c. Plantarflexion sprain
d. Dorsiflexion sprain
The answer is b, eversion sprain. Remember, eversion has the sole pointing away from the body (laterally), which puts sprain on the ligaments on the medial side of the foot.
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