Anatomy II Lecture 13: Ankle Complex Flashcards
What bones are part of the hindfoot?
Talus and Calcaneus
What bones are part of the midfoot?
Navicular, Cuboid, and Cuneiforms
What bones are part of the forefoot?
Metatarsals and phalanges
What joint is a synovial plane joint with a capsule?
Superior tibiofibular joint
What is the syndesmosis of the inferior tibiofibular joint?
Posterior tibiofibular ligament
Anterior tibiofibular ligament
Crural tibiofibular interosseous ligament
What is known as the ankle joint?
Hint it is the most congruent joint in the body
Talotibial (talocrural) joint
What joint is made up of the fibular malleolus, tibial malleolus, and the distal end of the tibia
Mortise part of the mortise and tenon joint
What joint is made up of the head of the talus
The tenon part of the mortise and tenon joint
What kind of joint is the talotibial joint
synovial hinge joint
What is the normal tibial torsion of the talotibial joint?
Toe out stance
What is the pathological stances in the talotibial joint?
external/internal tibial torsion
What is the shape of the talotibial joint?
Bracket shaped socket: A carpenter’s mortise joint
In the talotibial joint, what causes increased toe out?
Dorsiflexion
In the talotibial joint, what causes decreased toe out?
Plantarflexion
In what plane does plantarflexion and dorsiflexion of the foot happen?
Sagittal plane
What are the components of the medial collateral ankle ligaments?
Tibionavicular
Tibiocalcaneal
Anterior tibiotalar
Posterior tibiotalar