Foot and Ankle Joints/Ligaments: Part 3 Flashcards
Intermetatarsal joints
- Planar, synovial joints
- diarthrosis
- Between metatarsal bases of 2nd/3rd, 3rd/4th, 4th/5th
1st/2nd metatarsal joint usually
- No ligaments
- Do not articulate
Ligaments of intermetatarsal joints
- Dorsal intermetatarsal ligaments
- Plantar intermetatarsal ligaments
- Interosseous intermetatarsal ligaments
- 3 of each
Intermetatarsal ligament attachments
- 2nd/3rd met bases (1st)
- 3rd/4th met bases (2nd)
- 4th/5th met bases(3rd)
Metatarsophalangeal joints
- Metatarsal head with base of proximal phalanx
- Ellipsoid, synovial joint
- Diarthrosis
Movements of the metatarsophalangeal joints
- Abduction/adduction
- Flex/ext
- Circumduction
Metatarsophalangeal joint capsules
- Attach to articular margins
- Lined by synovium
Metatarsophalangeal dorsal joint capsules supported by
- Extensor expansion
1st MTP joint includes
- Sesamoids
MTP joint anatomic and functional unit formed by
- Proximal phalanx
- Collateral ligaments
- Plantar plate
Plantar (volar) plate
- Fibrocartilaginous disc-like structure (type 1 collagen)
- Located on the plantar metatarsal head
Plantar (volar) plate function
- MTP dorsoplantar joint stability
- Shock absorption
- Resists tensile and compressive forces
Plantar (volar) plate has attachments to
- Deep transverse metatarsal ligament
- Sling of extensor expansion
- Flexor tendon sheath
- Plantar fascia
- Collateral ligaments
- Proximal phalanx
Deep transverse metatarsal ligament
- Connects adjacent metatarsal heads and plantar (volar) plates
- Important stabilizer of the MTP joints
Deep transverse metatarsal ligament location
- Proximal edge is at the level of the metatarsal condyles
- Distal doesn’t usually extend past met head
Deep transverse metatarsal ligament (between 1st/2nd met heats)
- Attaches to 2nd metatarsal head/plantar plate
- Splits into a dorsal/plantar slip
- Plantar slip attaches to lateral sesamoid bone of 1st MTP joint
- Dorsal slip attaches joint capsule of 1st MTP joint
- The tendon of the adductor hallucis passes between the 2 slips
Sesamoid apparatus
- All the muscles, ligaments/capsule that attaches to the sesamoid bones
Parts of the sesamoid apparatus
- Flexor hallucis brevis (medial and lateral)
- Abductor hallucis muscle (medial)
- Adductor hallucis muscle (lateral)
- Deep transverse metatarsal ligament (lateral)
- Sesamophalangeal ligaments (medial and lateral)
- Metatarsophalangeal suspensory ligament (medial and lateral)
- Intersesamoid ligament (medial and lateral)
- Plantar plate
Ligaments of 1st MTP joint
- Sesamophalangeal (medial/lateral)
- Intersesamoid
- Medial/lateral collateral
- Metatarsophalangeal suspensory (medial/lateral)
- Plantar plate
M/L Sesamophalangeal ligament is also called
- Phalangeosesamoid
Medial esamophalangeal ligament (phalangeosesamoid) attachments
- Tibial (medial) sesamoid
- Medial tubercle of proximal phalanx base
Lateral esamophalangeal ligament (phalangeosesamoid) attachments
- Fibular (lateral) sesamoid
- Lateral tubercle of proximal phalanx base
Intersesamoid ligamen
- Connects the medial and lateral sesamoids