Joints

Question 1

Name the parts of the bone that form the articulations in the ankle?

Answer 1

Tibia – distal (plafond) and medial malleolus
Fibula – lateral malleolus
Talus – trochlear surface (dome) with tibial plafond

Question 2

Describe the fibrous capsular attachments in the ankle

Answer 2

Above the medial and lateral malleoli to the posterior and lateral surfaces of the talus and neck of the talus anteriorly.
Weak anteriorly and posteriorly but strengthened medially and laterally by ligaments

Question 3

Name the ligaments and describe their attachments in the ankle?

Answer 3

Medial collateral – from the medial malleoli fanning out to attach to the navicular, talus and calcaneous (Deltoid)
Lateral collateral – from the lateral malleoli in three bands
Anterior talofibular (ATFL)
Calcaneofibular
Posterior talofibular

Question 4

Name the parts of the bone that form the articulations in the elbow

Answer 4

Humerus - capitulum
	      - trochlea
Radial head
Trochlea notch ulna
Radial notch of the ulna

Question 5

Describe the fibrous capsular attachments in the elbow

Answer 5

Humerus - epicondyles
     - covers articular surfaces
     - above fossas
Ulna        - olecranon
               - coronoid
Radius - annular ligament and neck ligaments

Question 6

Name the ligaments and describe their attachments in the elbow

Answer 6

Medial collateral - medial epicondyle to olecranon and coronoid of ulna
Lateral collateral - lateral epicondyle to annular ligament

Question 7

Name the parts of the bone that form the articulations in the wrist

Answer 7

Distal end of the radius with the scaphoid and lunate

Articular disc with the lunate & triquetral

Question 8

Describe the fibrous capsular attachments in the wrist

Answer 8

Distal end of the radius and ulna
Margins of the joint disc
Proximal end of scaphoid, lunate and triquetral

Question 9

Name the ligaments and describe their attachments in the wrist

Answer 9

Supporting ligaments 
	Palmar radio carpal
	Palmar ulno carpal
	Dorsal radio carpal
	Radial collateral
	Ulna collateral

Question 10

Name the parts of the bone that form the articulations in the Knee

Answer 10

Femoral condyles with the condyles of the Tibia (Tibia Plateaus) - Articular surface of the patellar with the patellar surface of the femur

Question 11

Describe the fibrous capsular attachments in the knee

Answer 11

Medial meniscus. Lateral meniscus, Anterior cruciate posterior cruciate, (Popliteal tendon)

Question 12

Name the ligaments and describe their attachments in the knee

Answer 12

Margins of the articular surfaces of the femur. Margins of the articular surfaces of the tibia and fibula head. Anteriorly formed by the patelar and its ligament

Question 13

Name the bones that form the articulations with in the Hip

Answer 13

Head of femur

Acetabulum

Question 14

Describe the fibrous capsular attachments in the hip

Answer 14

The edge of the acetabulum
Including the transverse acetabular ligament
To the neck of the femur to the intertrochanteric line anteriorly
The capsule is loose inferiorly

Question 15

Name the ligaments and their attachments in the hip

Answer 15

Intracapsular:
Acetabulur labrum
Ligamentum teres
Transverse acetabular ligament

Extracapsular:
Ilio femoral ligament
Pubo femoral ligament
Ischio femoral ligament