Lower Limbs And Pelvic Girdle

Front 1

Metatarsals

Back 1

bones of your foot

Front 2

tarsals

Back 2

ankle (7 bones)

Front 3

Talus

Back 3

Bone that articulates with the Tibia

Front 4

Calcaneus

Back 4

Under Talus (heel bone)

Front 5

achilles tendon

Back 5

calcaneal

Front 6

cuboid bone

Back 6

forward from calcaneus

Front 7

navicular

Back 7

forward from talus

Front 8

cuneiform bones

Back 8

3 bones that articulate with metatarsals

Front 9

Pelvic Girdle

Back 9

made up of 3 large bones

Front 10

3 bones that make up the pelvic girdle

Back 10

Coxae: ilium, ischium, pubis

Front 11

Pelvis

Back 11

Coxa, sacrum, and coccyx

Front 12

iliac crest

Back 12

large ridge of bone for muscle attachment [ex: gluteus maximus] (hip bones)

Front 13

greater sciatic notch

Back 13

notch behind iliac spine for sciatic nerve

Front 14

Sciatic nerve

Back 14

main nerve that runs down legs, carries sensory information to the brain

Front 15

ischium

Back 15

lower back bone of coxa

Front 16

ischial tuberosity

Back 16

thick part of ischium; the part you sit on

Front 17

ramus (branch)

Back 17

projects forward and meet with the inferior ramus of pubis.

Front 18

pubic tubercle

Back 18

where 2 pubic bones are connected together

Front 19

pubic symphysis

Back 19

the pad of cartilage between pubic bones

Front 20

superior pubic ramus

Back 20

upper part of pubic bone

Front 21

obturator foramen

Back 21

pubis and ischium arcs join to form a circle; covered by a membrane and attached are muscle that move thigh

Front 22

internal and external obtuators

Back 22

muscles attached to obturator foramen

Front 23

iliac fossa

Back 23

medial surface of ilium; "bowl"

Front 24

arcuate line

Back 24

line across the iliac fossa (on back)

Front 25

acetabulum

Back 25

rounded cup of bone when the head of the femur sits

Front 26

femur

Back 26

main leg bone; largest bone in the body

Front 27

displasia

Back 27

head of femur doesn't quit "fit" in hips

Front 28

What are the 2 tuberosities for uscles and ligament attachment on the Femur?

Back 28

Greater trochanter and lesser trochanter

Front 29

greater trochanter

Back 29

projects laterally

Front 30

less trochanter

Back 30

projects medially/posteriorally

Front 31

linea aspera

Back 31

"rough line"; ridge of bone for muscle attachment that runs down he length of the shaft

Front 32

adduct

Back 32

when a muscle brings the leg toward the trunk

Front 33

medial and lateral supercondylar ridges

Back 33

where the ridge divides into 2 parts (distal end of shaft)

Front 34

condyles

Back 34

round bumps at the end of the femur

Front 35

intercondylar fossa

Back 35

poster side; depression betweencondyles' groove on backside of femur (separates the condyles)

Front 36

patellar surface

Back 36

where the patella sits

Front 37

Petella

Back 37

knee bone (sesamoid bone) formed within the tendon of the quadriceps femoris

Front 38

quadriceps femoris

Back 38

4 muscles on the thigh that straighten the knee out

Front 39

patellar ligament

Back 39

the ligament attached to the quadriceps femoris that hold the knee in place

Front 40

tibia

Back 40

large bone of lower leg (shin bone); only weight bearing bone in lower leg

Front 41

lateral and medial condyles of the tibia

Back 41

where the femur sits

Front 42

tibial tuberosity

Back 42

bump where patellar ligament attaches (bump below patella)

Front 43

anterior crest

Back 43

shinbone

Front 44

medial malleolus

Back 44

distal end where it flares out and connects to talus (inside ankle bone)

Front 45

fibula

Back 45

smaller bone on lower leg for muscle attachment

Front 46

lateral malleolus

Back 46

bump on outside of ankle

Front 47

interosseous membrane

Back 47

connects tibia and fibula from the interosseous crest on fibula to the crest of tibia