lower limb

Question 1

What is the longest and strongest bone in the body?

Answer 1

Femur bone

Question 2

What is the largest sesamoid bone in the body?

Answer 2

Patella bone

Question 3

What bones are found in the leg between the knee and the ankle?

Answer 3

• Tibia bone
• Fibula bone

Question 4

What forms the joint between the leg and foot?

Answer 4

Ankle - Tarsal bones

Question 5

What bones make up the foot?

Answer 5

• Metatarsal bones
• Phalanges

Question 6

What is the rounded structure at the proximal epiphysis of the femur bone that articulates with the acetabulum?

Answer 6

Femoral head

Question 7

What is the small pit in the femoral head that serves as an attachment point for the ligamentum teres?

Answer 7

Fovea capitis

Question 8

What structure connects the femoral head and the acetabulum?

Answer 8

Ligamentum teres

Question 9

What part of the femur connects the femoral head to the femoral shaft and is the weakest part?

Answer 9

Femoral neck

Question 10

What is the large anterolateral projection on the femur for muscle attachment?

Answer 10

Greater trochanter

Question 11

What is the smaller posteromedial projection on the femur for muscle attachment?

Answer 11

Lesser trochanter

Question 12

What is the thin anterior ridge between the greater and lesser trochanter called?

Answer 12

Intertrochanteric line

Question 13

What is the thick posterior ridge in the same location as the intertrochanteric line?

Answer 13

Intertrochanteric crest

Question 14

What is the V-shaped roughened area on the proximal shaft of the femur that attaches the gluteus maximus muscle?

Answer 14

Gluteal tuberosity

Question 15

What is the longitudinal ridge along the posterior surface of the femur that provides multiple muscle attachment points?

Answer 15

Line aspera

Question 16

What are the A-shaped roughened areas on the distal shaft of the femur that attach hamstring muscles?

Answer 16

• Medial supracondylar line
• Lateral supracondylar line

Question 17

What are the small projections above the condyles of the femur that attach ligaments and muscles?

Answer 17

• Medial epicondyle
• Lateral epicondyle

Question 18

What are the large rounded structures on the femur that articulate with the tibia to form the knee joint?

Answer 18

• Medial femoral condyle
• Lateral femoral condyle

Question 19

What is the posterior depression between the femoral condyles that provides space for ligaments that stabilize the knee?

Answer 19

Intercondylar fossa

Question 20

What is the shallow posterior depression above the intercondylar fossa that passes a major artery, vein, and nerve?

Answer 20

Popliteal fossa

Question 21

What is the smooth anterior surface of the distal femur that articulates with the patella bone?

Answer 21

Patellar surface

Question 22

What is the larger and medial bone of the leg?

Answer 22

Tibia bone

Question 23

What is the flattened articular surface at the proximal epiphysis of the tibia that articulates with the femur?

Answer 23

Tibial plateau

Question 24

What is the raised ridge between the condyles of the tibia that serves as an attachment point for ligaments in the knee joint?

Answer 24

Intercondylar eminence

Question 25

What is the rough anterior projection below the condyles of the tibia that serves as an insertion site for the patellar ligament?

Answer 25

Tibial tuberosity

Question 26

What is the sharp anterior ridge of the tibia known as?

Answer 26

Anterior crest

Question 27

What does the distal epiphysis of the tibia articulate with to form the talocrural joint?

Answer 27

Talus bone

Question 28

What is the medial projection at the ankle known as?

Answer 28

Medial malleolus

Question 29

What bone is lateral and thinner compared to the tibia?

Answer 29

Fibula bone

Question 30

What is the quadrate-shaped structure at the proximal epiphysis of the fibula that articulates with the tibia?

Answer 30

Fibular head

Question 31

What is the long and slender part of the fibula that serves as an attachment for several leg muscles?

Answer 31

Diaphysis

Question 32

What is the pyramidal projection at the distal epiphysis of the fibula that articulates with the talus bone?

Answer 32

Lateral malleolus

Question 33

How many short bones make up the ankle region?

Answer 33

7

Question 34

What is the largest bone in the ankle that acts as an attachment for the Achilles tendon?

Answer 34

Calcaneus bone

Question 35

What bone is located on top of the calcaneus and articulates superiorly with the tibia and fibula?

Answer 35

Talus bone

Question 36

What is the anterior bone to the talus that serves as a central connector to more distal tarsals?

Answer 36

Navicular bone

Question 37

What are the three cuneiform bones that articulate with the first through third metatarsal bones?

Answer 37

* Medial cuneiform bone * Intermediate cuneiform bone * Lateral cuneiform bone

Question 38

What is the most lateral bone that articulates with the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones?

Answer 38

Cuboid bone

Question 39

How many metatarsal bones are there?

Answer 39

5

Question 40

How many sesamoid bones are present in the foot?

Answer 40

2

Question 41

How many phalanges are there in the foot?

Answer 41

14

Question 42

What type of phalanges does the big toe have?

Answer 42

* Proximal * Distal

Question 43

What bones are located above the talus?

Answer 43

* Tibia * Fibula

Question 44

What bone is located below the talus?

Answer 44

Calcaneus

Question 45

What bone is found in front of the talus?

Answer 45

Navicular