Pes

Question 1

Name this joint

What inserts on the tuber calcaneal?

Answer 1

The tallocrural or tibiotarsal joint. The Achille’s tendon inserts at the tuber calcaneal.

tarsocrural joint (tibiotarsal)
-trochlea of talus and cochlea of tibia
proximal tarsal joint
-talocalcaneal central joint: talus and calcaneus with central tarsal bone
-calcaneoquartal joint: calcaneus with 4th tarsal bone
movement: primarily flextion and extension (greatest movement in tarsocrural joint)

Question 2

-joints of the digits
-saddle joints
-movement: extension/flexion
metatarsophalangeal
proximal interphalangeal
distal interphalangeal

What are they?

Answer 2

phalangeal joints

Question 3

What joints does the IVth tarsal bone extend between?

Answer 3

The proximal intertarsal to tarsalmetatarsal joints.

Question 4

What tendons are the sesamoids of the pes associated with?

Answer 4

long digital extensor

A - Cranial tibial m.
B - Long digital extensor m.
C - Peroneus longus m.
E - Lateral digital extensor m.
D - Peroneus brevis m.
Common peroneal n.

Question 5

What is the pes?

Answer 5

The tarsus, metatarsus and digits. (the foot from ankle down)

Question 6

What is the hock? What joints make it up (6)?

Answer 6

The proximal ankle or the tarsal jt:
Distal tibiofibular jt.
Tarsocrural jt.
Proximal intertarsal joint
Distal intertarsal joint
Intratarsal jts.
Tarsometatarsal jt.