Bones The of the Lower Extremity!!
Including:
The FEMUR The PATELLA The TIBIA The FIBULA The TARSAL BONES The METATARSAL BONES and The PHALANGEAL BONES
TheFemur
Head Fovea Capitis Anatomical Neck Greater Trochanter Lesser Trochanter Trochanteric Fossa Quadrate Tubercle Pectineal Line Gluteal Tuberosity Intertrochanteric Line Intertrochanteric Crest
AnteriorPosterior
Linea Aspera
Lateral Supracondylar Ridge Medial Supracondylar Ridge Adductor Tubercle Medial Epicondyle Lateral Epicondyle Medial Condyle Lateral Condyle Intercondylar Fossa Popliteal Surface
AnteriorPosterior
Patellar Surface
Is this a right or a left femur???
Superior
ThePatella
Base Apex Lateral Facet Medial Facet Vertical Ridge
Is this patella a right or a left???
Anterior View Inferior
Posterior View
HowdoyoudetermineifthepatellaisRorL?
TheTibia
Medial Condyle Lateral Condyle Medial Tibial Plateau Lateral Tibial Plateau Intercondylar Eminence Articular Facet for Fibula Gerdys Tubercle Tibial Tuberosity Anterior Crest Popliteal Line Interosseous Crest Fibular Notch Medial Malleolus
Superior
TheFibula
Head Process Styloid Lateral Malleolus Interosseous Crest Malleolar Fossa Superior Articular Facet Inferior Articular Facet
Inferior Is this fibula right or left???
HowdoyoutellRorL?
TheTarsalBones
Talus -Trochlea Calcaneus -Calcaneal Tuberosity -Sustentaculum Tali -Peroneal Trochlea Navicular Cuneiforms (1st, 2nd, 3rd) Cuboid -Peroneal Groove
TheMetatarsalBones
The metatarsal bones are numbered 1 through 5 starting with the medial side. Also, under the head of each 1st metatarsal, there are two sesamoid bones.
The tuberosity on th 5th metatarsal base
The Phalangeal Bones
There are 14 phalangeal bones in each foot and they too are numbered 1 to 5 starting on the medial side.
There are three phalanges on each toe labeled proximal, middle, and distal accordingly. The big toe has only two phalanges, the proximal and distal. It lacks the middle phalanx.
The Femur:
C o m m o nLo we rExtre m ity Injurie s !
Femoral fractures Patellar Subluxation/Dislocation
The Patella: The Tibia:
Tibial Fractures
The Fibula:
Fibula Fractures
The Foot Bones:
Fractures to the 5th Metatarsal base