Bone anatomy

Question 1

Which bones make us the pelvic girdle?

Answer 1

The sacrum and the two hip bones (right and left)

Question 2

Which bones make up the bony pelvis?

Answer 2

The pelvic girdle and the coccyx

Question 3

Which bones make up each hip bone?

Answer 3

The ilium, ischium and the pubic bone.

Question 4

Name the 4 bony features of the ILIUM

Answer 4

Iliac crest
Anterior superior iliac spine
Posterior superior iliac spine

Question 5

Name the ligament that attaches from the Anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle?

Answer 5

Inguinal ligament

Question 6

Name the 3 bony features of the ISCHIUM

Answer 6

Ischial tuberosity
Ischial spine
Ischiopubic ramus

Question 7

Name the 6 bony features of the PUBIC BONE

Answer 7

Pubic tubercle
Pubic symphysis
Superior pubic ramus
Pubic arch
Subpubic angle

Question 8

What is the subpubic angle?

Answer 8

The angle between the two sides of the ischium

Question 9

What difference would you see between males and females when you look at the subpubic angle?

Answer 9

Women have much larger subpubic angles.

Question 10

Name the 5 bony features of the sacrum

Answer 10

Sacral promontory
Anterior sacral foramina
Posterior sacral foramina
Sacral hiatus
Sacral canal

Question 11

What is the acetabulum?

Answer 11

The socket for the head of the femur

Question 12

Name the final bone of the spine?

Answer 12

The coccyx

Question 13

When someone sits on your lap and they feel like they have a ‘bony bum’ which bony feature can you actually feel?

Answer 13

Ischial tuberosity

Question 14

When you palpate your own hips, which bony feature are you actually palpating?

Answer 14

Iliac crest

Question 15

Which 2 bony features can you feel in between your legs?

Answer 15

Pubic symphisis and pubic tubercle

Question 16

Which bony feature can be palpated on vaginal examination?

Answer 16

Ischial spines

Question 17

What are the main foraminae of the bony pelvis?

Answer 17

Orburator
Greater sciatic
Lesser sciatic

Question 18

What are the 3 main joints of the bony pelvis and where are they?

Answer 18

Sacroiliac joint - between sacrum and ilium (right and left)
Pubic symphisis - fibrous cartilagenous disc between the two pubic bones
Hip joints - between head of femur and the acetabulum

Question 19

Which bones make up the hindfoot?

Answer 19

The calcaneus and the talus

Question 20

Which bones make up the midfoot?

Answer 20

The cuboid, the navicular and the three cuneiforms

Question 21

Which bones make up the forefoot?

Answer 21

The metatarsals and the phalanges`

Question 22

What are the two main bony features proximal end of the femur?

Answer 22

Greater trochanter and the lesser trochanter

Question 23

Where is the neck of the femur?

Answer 23

Distal to the head of the femur but proximal to the intertrochanteric line/crest

Question 24

Where is the intertrochanteric line/crest?

Answer 24

Between the greater and lesser trochanter

Question 25

Where is the gluteal tuberosity?

Answer 25

On the posterior side of the femur. The next tuberosity down from the greater and lesser trochanter

Question 26

Where is the adductor tubercle?

Answer 26

The palpable bony feature on the mediodistal femur.

Question 27

What are the most distal bony features of the femur?

Answer 27

Medial and lateral condyles

Question 28

What are the two most proximal bony features of the tibia?

Answer 28

Medial and Lateral Plateu (Condyle

Question 29

What is the bony feature between the two tibial condyles?

Answer 29

Intercondylar emininence

Question 30

What is the palpable bony feature on the anterior surface of the tibia ?

Answer 30

Tibial tuberosity

Question 31

What is the correct name for the medial ankle and which bone is it part of?

Answer 31

Medial malleolus is part of the tibia.

Question 32

What is the correct name for the lateral ankle and which bone is it part of?

Answer 32

Lateral malleolus is part of the fibula.

Question 33

What are the 7 tarsal bones?

Answer 33

``` Talus Calcaneus Navicular Cuboid Medial cuneiform Intermediate cuneiform Lateral cuneiform ```

Question 34

What are the palpable features of the femur and leg?

Answer 34

``` Patella Adductor tubercle Medial malleolus Lateral malleolus Calcaneus Navicular tuberosity Head of fibula Lateral condyle of tibia Medial condyle of fibula Medioanterior surface of the tibia ```

Question 35

What are the 8 bony features of the scapula?

Answer 35

``` Acromonion process Coracoid process Glenoid fossa Spine Supraspinous fossa Infraspinous fossa Subscapular fossa Superior and inferior angle. ```