Bones of the Legs and Feet

Question 1

Femur

Answer 1

Thigh Bone - Head points medial

Question 2

Head of Femur

Answer 2

Round, dome-like, attaches to coxa

Question 3

Neck of the Femur

Answer 3

Thin area of bone that connects the Head to the rest of the femur

Question 4

Greater Trochanter

Answer 4

Ridge at top of of main femur bone above where the necks connects

Question 5

Lesser trochanter

Answer 5

Small nob on bottom part of the top of the femur most only the posterior side, just below the neck

Question 6

Linea Aspera

Answer 6

Ridge running down the posterior side of the middle of the femur bone

Question 7

Lateral Condyle

Answer 7

Nub on the bottom posterior, lateral side, of the femur. Where it attaches to the tibia

Question 8

Medial Condyle

Answer 8

Nub on the bottom posterior, medial side, of the femur. where it attaches to the tibia

Question 9

Patella

Answer 9

Knee bone, round sits on the bottom of the femur/top of tibia

Question 10

Tibia

Answer 10

Shin Bone

Question 11

Lateral Condyle of tibia

Answer 11

Outside area of the top of the tibia

Question 12

Medial Condyle of the Tibia

Answer 12

Inside area of the top of the Tibia

Question 13

Tibial Tuberosity

Answer 13

Small bump on the anterior upper portion of the Tibia

Question 14

Tibial Crest (Anterior border)

Answer 14

Ridge that runs down the midline of the anterior of the shaft of the tibia

Question 15

Medial Malleolus

Answer 15

Little toothlike protuberance at the bottom of the tibia

Question 16

Fibula

Answer 16

Small Leg bone

Question 17

Head of the Fibula

Answer 17

Top part of fibula that attaches to tibia

Question 18

lateral malleolus

Answer 18

bottom of the fibula

Question 19

Tarsals

Answer 19

7 bones of the heel and ankle

Question 20

Calcaneus

Answer 20

Heel bone - lateral part of the back of the foot

Question 21

Talus

Answer 21

Ankle bone - Medial side of back of foot. connects to tibia/fibula

Question 22

Cuboid

Answer 22

Most lateral bone between the Calcaneus and the metatarsals

Question 23

Navicular

Answer 23

Medial side of the foot between the Talus and the cunieforms

Question 24

Medial Cunieform

Answer 24

inside most cunieform between the navicular and the big toe metatarsal

Question 25

Intermediate Cunieform

Answer 25

Middle cunieform bone

Question 26

Lateral Cunieform

Answer 26

outside most cunieform between intermediate and cuboid

Question 27

Metatarsals

Answer 27

Bones numbered 1-5, big toe is #1, between the tarsals and the phlanges of the foot

Question 28

Phalanges of the foot

Answer 28

To bones of the foot, 3 bone are proximal, middle and distal. except for big to which only has two proximal and distal.