Anatomy Flashcards
What is the term for a foot that is winged to the outer edge?
Pronation
What is the term for a foot that is sickled to the inner edge?
Supination
What is the biggest bone in the lower leg? What is the name of the smaller one?
Tibia = biggest Fibula = smaller
What is the name for the heel bone?
Calcaneus
What is the bone in between the calcaneus and the tibia?
Talus
What is the name for the thigh bone?
Femur
What is the name for the knee cap?
Patella
What is knee flexion?
When it is bent regularly
What is knee hyperextension?
When it is over-straight.
How much force is placed on your feet when you walk? How much when you run?
Walking step = 1.5x your body weight
Running step = 3x your body weight
What is the term for a flexed ankle (heels pulled towards shins)?
Dorsi Flexion
What is the term for a stretched ankle (toes pointed away from shins)?
Plantar Flexion
What does the head of the femur bone attach to in the hip?
The acetabulum
What are the names for the bigger and smaller pieces of bone jutting out near the top of the femur? Which one is medial, which one is lateral?
Greater trochanter = bigger, lateral
Lesser trochanter = smaller, medial
What is the term for a leg stretched out in front of you? What is the term for a leg stretched out behind you?
Flexion = in front (shortening the hip joint angle) Extension = behind (lengthening the hip joint angle)
What is the term for taking an extremity away from the midline?
What is the term for taking an extremity toward the midline?
Abduction = away Adduction = toward
What is the name for the outer(lateral) edges of the pelvic bowl?
Ilium
What is the name for the bottom of the pelvic bowl?
Ischium
What is the name for the front of the pelvic bowl?
Pubis