Lower Limbs

Question 1

The proximal segment of the lower limb is the?

Answer 1

Thigh

Question 2

The distal segment of the lower limb is the?

Answer 2

Leg

Question 3

T/F

Hip is the joint between the thigh and the pelvis.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What is the joint between the thigh and the leg?

Answer 4

Knee (popliteal region)

Question 5

What bone makes up the pelvic girdle?

Answer 5

Coxal bone

Question 6

What bone makes up the thigh?

Answer 6

Femur

Question 7

What bones make up the leg?

Answer 7

Tibia and fibula

Question 8

T/F

The fibula is medial.

Answer 8

False. The fibula is lateral.

Question 9

The ankle bones are called?

Answer 9

Tarsals

Question 10

Name the parts of the coxal bone.

Answer 10

Ilium, pubis, ischium

Question 11

Function of the coxal bone is to?

Answer 11

Connect lower limb to axial skeleton

Question 12

Pelvic girdle is made of

Answer 12

Coxal bone, coccyx, and sacrum

Question 13

T/F

The female pelvis is wider than the males.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

The head of the femur attaches to the?

Answer 14

Acetabulum

Question 15

What are the regions of the lower limbs?

Answer 15

Hip
Thigh
Knee
Leg
Ankle
Foot

Question 16

Tibia connecting with the condyles form what?

Answer 16

Form the knee joint

Question 17

T/F

Trochanter is found on the femur.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T/F

Tibia is the medial and fattest bones compared to the fibula.

Answer 18

True.

Question 19

T/F

You can pronate the tibia and fibula.

Answer 19

False.

Question 20

T/F

Both the tibia and fibula articulate with the femur.

Answer 20

False. Only the tibia articulates with the femur.

Question 21

Medial/lateral tibial condyles articulate with what?

Answer 21

The femur

Question 22

T/F

The patella is a sesamoid bone.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

There are how many tarsals?

Answer 23

7

Question 24

Name the 7 tarsals.

Answer 24

Calcaneus
Navicular
Talus
Cuboid
3 cuneiforms

Question 25

What’s the hallux?

Answer 25

The big toe

Question 26

How many middle phalanges are there?

Answer 26

4

Question 27

How many metatarsal bones are there?

Answer 27

5

Question 28

Sacroiliac joint

Answer 28

Connects the sacrum and ilium

Question 29

Tendons

Answer 29

Attach muscle to bone

Question 30

Ligaments

Answer 30

Attach bone to bone

Question 31

Sesamoid bones under hallux

Answer 31

Reduce friction from tendon to first metatarsal