What is the difference between inversion, eversion, varus, and valgus?

Question

concerning the foot

Answer 1

If you turn your foot so the (out)side of your foot points down and the big toe is uppermost, this is INversion.

If you turn your foot so the (out)side of your foot points up and your big toe is down, this is Eversion.

Varus refers to a deformity of the limb where the distal (furthest away) portion points medially (towards the midline).

Valgus refers to a deformity of the limb where the distal (furthest away) portion points laterally (away from the midline)

Remember vaLgus - Lateral

Answer 2

Inversion Vs Eversion

Answer 3

Inversion And Eversion

Answer 4

Inversion is the inward twisting of the foot toward the center. Eversion is the outward movement of the foot away from the body. Varus is similar to inversion and valgus is similar to eversion.

Answer 5

RE:
What is the difference between inversion, eversion, varus, and valgus?
concerning the foot

Answer 6

The foot inverts when it twists inward and upward (the sole toward the midline)
Turning the foot latererally resulting ing the sole moving outward.
Bending or turning inward towards the midline of the body.
Turned outward away from the midline of the body.

Answer 7

in·ver·sion

in·ver·sion [in vúr’n, in vúrsh’n]
(plural in·ver·sions)
n
1. reversal: a reversing of the order, arrangement, or position of something
2. reversed state or thing: a state in which the order, arrangement, or position of something is reversed, or something in such a state
3. grammar See anastrophe
4. meteorology temperature increase with altitude: a stable atmospheric condition in which air temperature increases vertically upward through a layer. It is the reverse of normal conditions. Also called temperature inversion
5. medicine inverting of organ: abnormal positioning of an organ, especially the abnormal turning inward or inside out of an organ.
This sometimes happens to the womb after childbirth, when part of it is pulled through the cervical canal.
6. mathematics inverted ratio: the transformation of a mathematical proportion by inverting the ratio and order of its terms
7. music changing of interval by octave: a raising of the lower note of an interval, or a lowering of the upper note, by an octave
8. music moving of chord tone: a moving of the root tone of a chord to a position other than the lowest
9. music reversing of melody intervals: a converting of all the intervals in a melody from ascending to descending and vice versa
10. chemistry production of opposite optical activity: a chemical reaction in which an optically active compound gives a product with opposite optical configuration
11. genetics chromosomal mutation: a chromosomal mutation in which a block of genes in a segment is in reverse order

e·ver·sion

e·ver·sion [i vúr’n, i vúrsh’n]
(plural e·ver·sions)
n medicine biology
1. turning inside out: the process or condition of being turned inside out
eversion of the bladder

2. turning outward: a condition of being turned outward
an eversion of the feet



[Mid-18th century. Directly or via French from the Latin stem eversion- , from evers- , the past participle stem of evertere (see evert ).]


-e·ver·si·ble, adj

var·us

var·us [vérrəss]
adj
abnormally turned in: used to describe an abnormality in which a body part such as the foot is turned or displaced inward toward the midline of the body or limb


[Late 18th century. From Latin , literally “bent, crooked.”]

val·gus

val·gus [válgəss]
adj
medicine twisted outward: used to describe a deformity in which a body part such as the knee or foot is bent or twisted outward away from the midline of the body. See also varus


n
medicine state of being twisted outward: the position or state in which a bone or body part is bent or twisted outward away from the midline of the body. See also varus


[Early 19th century. From Latin , “knock-kneed.”]


-val·goid [vál gòyd], adj