Boney Anatomy

Question 1

What is the name of the thigh bone?

Answer 1

The femur

Question 2

Name two sites of muscle attachment next to the neck of the femur.

Answer 2

The greater trochanter and the lesser trochanter

Question 3

What joins the greater trochanter and th lesser trochanter?

Answer 3

The intertrochanteric crest

Question 4

The lesser trochanter is located medially or laterally on the femur?

Answer 4

Medially

Question 5

The projections of bone at the distal end of the femur are known as what?

Answer 5

The condyles

Question 6

The two condyles at the distal end of the femur are named what?

Answer 6

The lateral condyle and the medial condyle

Question 7

The depression between the two condyles js know as….?

Answer 7

The intercondylar fossa

Question 8

The head of the femur articulates with which part of the pelvis?

Answer 8

The acetabulum

Question 9

The greater trochanter is located medially or laterally on the femur?

Answer 9

Laterally

Question 10

Superior to the condyles lies what part of the femur?

Answer 10

The epicondyles

Question 11

How many long bones makes up the leg?

Answer 11

Two

Question 12

What are the two long bones of the leg called?

Answer 12

The fibular and the tibia

Question 13

Which is the larger or the tibia and the fibular?

Answer 13

The tibia

Question 14

Which of the two long bones of the leg articulates with the femur?

Answer 14

The tibia

Question 15

Does the fibular lie laterally or medially?

Answer 15

The fibular lies laterally

Question 16

Which parts of the tibia articulate with the condyles of the femur?

Answer 16

The lateral and medial condyles of the tibia

Question 17

What is the name of the projection of bone between the lateral and medial condyles of the tibia?

Answer 17

The intercondylar eminence

Question 18

The lateral malleolus is part of which bone of the leg?

Answer 18

The fibular

Question 19

The intercondylar eminence of the tibia articulates with which part of the femur?

Answer 19

The intercondylar fossa of the femur

Question 20

The intercondylar fossa of the femur articulates with which part of the tibia?

Answer 20

The intercondylar eminence of the tibia

Question 21

At the distal end of the tibia is a projection of bone called…?

Answer 21

The medial malleolus

Question 22

The medial malleolus is part of which bone?

Answer 22

The tibia

Question 23

The extension of bona at the distal end of the fibulae is called what?

Answer 23

The lateral malleolus

Question 24

Does the tibia lie laterally or medially

Answer 24

The tibia lies medially

Question 25

Which parts of the tibia and fibular articulate superiorly?

Answer 25

The head of the fibular and the inferior aspect of the lateral condyle of the tibia

Question 26

What boney prominence exists at the anterior key and proximally on the tibia?

Answer 26

The Tibial tuberosity

Question 27

The tibial tuberosity function as an attachment site for what?

Answer 27

The patella ligament or patella tendon

Question 28

What is the sharp ridge of bone on the anterior aspect of the tibia?

Answer 28

The tibial crest

Question 29

How many tarsal bones are there in the posterior aspect of the foot?

Answer 29

7

Question 30

Which tarsal articulates with the tibia and fibula?

Answer 30

The talus

Question 31

The bones of the foot are divided into three types, what are they?

Answer 31

Tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges

Question 32

How many metatarsal bones are there?

Answer 32

Five

Question 33

Does the first metatarsal lies laterally or medially?

Answer 33

Medially

Question 34

What are the names of the seven tarsals?

Answer 34

``` The talus The calcaneus The navicular The Medial cuneiform The Intermediate cuneiform The Lateral cuneiform The cuboid ```

Question 35

How many phalanges make up each digit?

Answer 35

Three, except for the big toe which only has two phalanges

Question 36

Does the fifth metatarsal lie medially or laterally?

Answer 36

Laterally

Question 37

The phalanges of each digit are called...?

Answer 37

The proximal phalanx, the middle phalanx, and the distal phalanx Except for the big toe which only has a proximal phalanx and a distal phalanx