A7

Question 1

What type of bone is the patella?

Answer 1

Sesamoid

Question 2

What are the bones of the foot?

Answer 2

Calcaneus, tali’s, cuboid, navicular, cuneiform (lat, intermediate and Med)

Metatarsals, proximal, middle and distal phalanges

Question 3

What are the three arches and which bones form them?

Answer 3

Medial longitudinal: talus, navicular, calcaneus, cuneiforms and first 3 metatarsals

Lateral longitudinal: calcaneus, cuboid, fourth and fifth metatarsals

Transverse: cuboid, cuneiforms, base of all metatarsals

Question 4

Which muscles strengthen the medial longitudinal arch?

Answer 4

Tibialis anterior and Peroneus longus

Question 5

Which artery supplies the lower limb?

Answer 5

Femoral artery from the external iliac artery

Question 6

What is the vein of the lower limb?

Answer 6

Small and great saphenous, tibial and fibula veins into the femoral and then external iliac vein

Question 7

What are the nerves supplying the lower limb?

Answer 7

Femoral - L2-4

Obturator - L2-4

Sciatic (common Peroneal and tibial) - L4-S3