Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. May not be reproduced or posted to a publicly accessible website. 98 Anatomy & Physiology Essentials Lab Manual W. posterior tibialis tendon Location: _ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tips/Hints: _ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ X. fibularis longus and brevis tendons Location: _ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tips/Hints: _ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Y. calcaneal (Achilles) tendon Location: _ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tips/Hints: _ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Z. plantar fascia Location: _ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tips/Hints: _ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Procedure 1. Establish who will fill the patient and clinician roles first. (You will switch roles later so that both partners have a chance to play the clinician’s role.) Note: The instructions in the following steps are written to the clinician. 2. Practice your palpation pressure by palpating a few landmarks on yourself. Experiment with using your thumb, index finger, or a combination of fingers. Practice using both your hands at the same time. See Figure 6.4A. Figure 6.4A Saskia D. Richter, author