The leg Flashcards
Largest bone of the body, similar to the humerus, helps determine height estimation
Femur
Rounded proximal part of femur, articulates with the acetabulum. Faces medially and is the most superior part
Head
Connects head with shaft, angled narrowing of the bone that connects with the femur’s shaft
Neck
Blunt lateral and proximal projection of femur, insertion site for gluteal muscles
Greater trochanter
Blunt media-posterior tubercle; attachment point for the psoas muscle. Inferior to femur’s neck
Lesser trochanter
Notched articular surface of the femur for the patella, inferior
Patellar surface
Small depression in center of head. Ligament connecting femur to acetabulum attaches here
Fovea capitis
In between the greater trochanter and lesser. Elevated ridge on posterior femur connecting the greater and lesser trochanters
Interochanteric crest
Thick elevated ridge that runs down the distal surface of the femur, posterior end of femur, major insertion site for muscles of the hip and knee
Linea aspera
Inferior medial extension of linear aspera as it moves distally down the femur
Medial supracondylar ridge
Inferior lateral extension of linea aspera as it moves distally down the femur, more pronounced than medial
Lateral supracondylar ridge
Attachment point on femur for medial collateral ligament, sits on top of medial condyle
Medial epicondyle
Large articular knob, extends more distally than lateral condyle. Inferior to medial epicondyle
Medial condyle
Attachment point for lateral collateral ligament on femur, sits on condyle
Lateral epicondyle
Large protruding articular knob, inferior to lateral epicondyle
Lateral condyle
Excavated surface between condyles of femur, attachment site for anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments
Intercondylar fossa/notch
Shin bone, inferior to femur
Tibia
Proximal tibial surface on which the femur rests
Tibial plateau
Point of articulation on tibia with the medial condyle on femur. Slightly concave
Medial condyle
Lateral point of articulation on tibia with the lateral condyle on femur
Lateral condyle
Raised area on proximal anterior surface of tibia, area of major muscle attachment
Tibial tuberosity
Anterior edge of the shin, most commonly injured spot of the skeleton
Anterior crest
Lateral edge of tibia, interosseous membrane which binds the fibula and tibia attaches here
Interosseous crest
Medial knob like projection of tibia, posterior, forms parts of the ankle
Medial malleolus
Distal, lateral articular facet for the fibula, tibia
Fibular notch
Distal end flat, head round. Lateral to fibula and does not articulate with femur, but does articulate with tibia
Fibula
Swollen, proximal end of fibula. Lateral cruciate ligament connects here
Head
Proximal articulation point with fibula
Proximal fibular articular facet
Flat, medial facing triangular surface on distal end of fibula, articulates with talus (bone in foot)
Malleolus articular surface
Lateral most projection of the fibula, forms part of the ankle joint, inferior/distal
Lateral malleolus
Groove behind articular surface must be posterior
Siding the fibula
Kneecap, forms in membrane and doesn’t exist on its own
Patella
Apex away from you with articular surface on the table, bone falls to the side its from
Siding the patella
