Lower: Bony Landmarks

Question 1

ASIS (Anterior superior iliac spine)

Answer 1

Find iliac crest and go anterior/medial

Question 2

Iliac crest

Answer 2

Located higher on men

Question 3

Iliac fossa

Answer 3

Find ASIS, press down next to iliac crest, ask the partner to breathe in and out deeply and sink in and curl fingers around the iliac crest.

Question 4

Ischial tuberosity

Answer 4

Use fist to press into the thigh and go superior until the bone. Pressing into it should move the whole body.

Question 5

PSIS (posterior superior iliac spine)

Answer 5

Follow iliac crest posteriorly. Should feel like bumps next to the dimples.

Question 6

Adductor tubercle

Answer 6

Above the medial epicondyle of the femur. Press down into it.

Question 7

Gluteal tuberosity

Answer 7

Prone or side-lying. Find greater trochanter. Go down from it and curl fingers around in the posterior direction. Ask partner to raise their leg to engage the glute max and follow the muscle fibers.

Question 8

Greater trochanter

Answer 8

Highest point when side-lying. Rotate hip to feel the movement.

Question 9

Lateral epicondyle of the femur

Answer 9

Make sure the knee is bent 90 degrees. It will be above head of fibula.

Question 10

Medial epicondyle of the femur

Answer 10

Make sure the knee is bent 90 degrees

Question 11

Medial malleolus

Answer 11

Part of tibia

Question 12

Pes anserine

Answer 12

Medial from tibial tuberosity. Doesn’t feel like anything. Located slightly below and across from Gerdy’s tubercle. Can follow semitendinosus tendon from below the knee to get there.

Question 13

Tibial plateau

Answer 13

Find 2 soft spots on the knee (eyes). Press pointing down and make sure the knee is flexed 90 degrees.

Question 14

Tibial tuberosity

Question 15

Gerdy’s/tibial tubercle

Answer 15

Lateral side across from tibial tuberosity

Question 16

Head of fibula

Answer 16

Below the lateral epicondyle of the femur when knee is bent at 90 degrees

Question 17

Lateral malleolus

Answer 17

Part of fibula

Question 18

Talus

Answer 18

Press down in the middle between tendons on the anterior/dorsal side of the ankle. Plantar flex to feel the talus bone.

Question 19

Navicular tubercle

Answer 19

Go from below the arch of the foot on the medial side

Question 20

Tuberosity of the 5th metatarsal

Answer 20

Follow the lateral border of the foot starting from the pinkie until you feel a bump and hook/press into it in the direction of the pinkie.

Question 21

Anterior talofibular ligament

Answer 21

Line between the talus and the lateral maleolus.

Question 22

LCL (FCL)

Answer 22

Straighten leg. Show the line between the lateral epicondyle of the femur and the head of fibula.

Question 23

MCL (TCL)

Answer 23

Straighten the leg. Show the line between the medial epicondyles of the femur and tibia.