Extremities Part 1

Question 1

What part of the femur articulates with the acetabulum?

Answer 1

Head

Question 2

What depression in the proximal portion of the femur accommodates the attachment of a ligament?

Answer 2

Fovea capitis femoris

Question 3

What is the constricted proximal portion of the femur?

Answer 3

Neck

Question 4

What is the long central portion of the femur?

Answer 4

Shaft

Question 5

What is the proximolateral projection of the femur palpable on the lateral side of the hip?

Answer 5

Greater trochanter

Question 6

What is the femoral projection on the proximal posteromedial surface?

Answer 6

Lesser trochanter

Question 7

What is the thick oblique ridge of the bone on the proximal posterior side of the femur between the trochanters?

Answer 7

Intertrochanteric crest

Question 8

What feature runs between the trochanters anteriorly?

Answer 8

Intertrochanteric line

Question 9

Onto what feature of the femur does the pectins insert? This feature lies between the lesser trochanter and lines aspera.

Answer 9

Pectineal line

Question 10

Onto what feature of the femur does the gluteus Maximus insert?

Answer 10

Gluteal tuberosity

Question 11

What is the elevated ridge on the posterior midline of the femur?

Answer 11

Linea aspera

Question 12

What features of the femur border the popliteal surface medially and laterally?

Answer 12

Medial and lateral supracondylar lines

Question 13

What feature of the femur is the site of attachment for the adductor magnus?

Answer 13

Adductor tubercle

Question 14

What part of the femur articulate with the tibia?

Answer 14

Medial and lateral condyles

Question 15

What prominent bony structures lie on the medial and lateral sides of the femur distally?

Answer 15

Medial and lateral epicondyles

Question 16

What part of the femur articulates with the patella?

Answer 16

Patellar surface

Question 17

What is the broad superior portion of the patella?

Answer 17

Base

Question 18

What part of the patella points inferiorly?

Answer 18

Apex

Question 19

What parts of the tibia articulate with the femur?

Answer 19

Medial and lateral condyles

Question 20

What ridge of bone lies on the midline of the tibias superior surface?

Answer 20

Intercondylar eminence

Question 21

What part of the tibia articulates with the fibula?

Answer 21

Fibular articular surface

Question 22

Onto what feature of the tibia does the patellar ligament attach?

Answer 22

Tibial tuberosity

Question 23

What ridge of bone lies on the anterior of the tibias shaft?

Answer 23

Anterior crest

Question 24

What is the hammer like structure of the tibia that forms the prominence on the medial side of the ankle?

Answer 24

Medial malleolus

Question 25

What feature of the tibia forms the inferior tibiofibular joint?

Answer 25

Fibular notch

Question 26

What feature on the posterior aspect of the tibia runs distally from lateral to medial and is part of the origin for the soleus muscle ?

Answer 26

The soleal line

Question 27

What is the proximal end of the fibula?

Answer 27

Head

Question 28

What is the distal end of the fibula?

Answer 28

Lateral malleolus

Question 29

What is the collective term for the short bones of the ankle?

Answer 29

Tarsals

Question 30

Which of the tarsals articulates with the tibia?

Answer 30

Talus (turtle)

Question 31

Which of the tarsals forms the proximal row?

Answer 31

Talus calcaneus

Question 32

What is the heel bone?

Answer 32

Calcaneus

Question 33

Which of the tarsals bone is considered the intermediate bone?

Answer 33

Navicular

Question 34

Which of the tarsals is distal to the talus on the medial side of the foot?

Answer 34

Navicular

Question 35

From medial to lateral list the tarsals of the distal row.

Answer 35

•Medial cuneiform •Intermediate cuneiform •Lateral cuneiform •Cuboid

Question 36

What are the long bones in the middle of the foot?

Answer 36

Metatarsal bones

Question 37

What are the bones of the toes?

Answer 37

Phalanges

Question 38

What are the two bones in the great toe?

Answer 38

Proximal and distal phalanges

Question 39

What are the three bones in digits 2-5 of the foot?

Answer 39

Proximal, middle, and distal phalanges

Question 40

List the three arches of the foot.

Answer 40

•Medial longitudinal arch •Lateral longitudinal arch •Transverse arch

Question 41

Which arch of the foot is formed by the calcaneus, talus, navicular, and cuneiform bones?

Answer 41

Medial arch

Question 42

Which arch of the foot is formed by the calcaneus and the cuboid and metatarsals 4 and 5?

Answer 42

Lateral longitudinal arch

Question 43

Which arch of the foot is formed by the distal row of tarsals and the bases of all five metatarsal’s?

Answer 43

Transverse arch

Question 44

What ligament originates along the acetabulum and attaches to the fovea capitis femoris?

Answer 44

Ligamentum teres

Question 45

What two articulations make up the knee?

Answer 45

•Tibiofemoral joint •Patellofemoral joint

Question 46

What structure joins the quadriceps femoris to the patella?

Answer 46

Quadriceps tendon

Question 47

What structure joints the patella to the tibia?

Answer 47

Patellar ligament

Question 48

What ligament connects the femur and the fibula and prevents hyperadduction?

Answer 48

Lateral (Fibular) collateral ligament

Question 49

What ligament connects the femur and the tibia and prevents hyper abduction?

Answer 49

Medial (tibial) collateral ligament

Question 50

What two C-shaped pads of fibrocartilage lie between the femoral and tibia condyles?

Answer 50

•Medial meniscus •Lateral meniscus

Question 51

Which of the menisci within the knee is attached to a collateral ligament?

Answer 51

Medial meniscus

Question 52

What two ligaments within the knee cross to form a X or cross?

Answer 52

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)

Question 53

Which of the cruciate ligaments tightens on extension to prevent hyperextension?

Answer 53

Anterior cruciate ligament

Question 54

Which of the cruciate ligaments tightens on flexion to prevent hyperflexion?

Answer 54

Posterior cruciate ligament

Question 55

What three bones are involved in the ankle joint?

Answer 55

•Tibia •Fibula •Talus

Question 56

What ligament binds the tibia to the foot on the medial side and prevents overeversion?

Answer 56

Deltoid ligament

Question 57

What ligaments bind the fibula to the foot and prevent inversion?

Answer 57

•Anterior talofibular •Posterior talofibular •Calcaneofibular

Question 58

What group of joints within the foot allows inversion and eversion?

Answer 58

Intertarsal joints

Question 59

What joints within the foot lie between the tarsals and metatarsals?

Answer 59

Tarsometatarsal joints