Bio 221 Lab 5 Lecture

Pelvic Girdle

Hip bones & part of sacrum

Os coxae

hip bones (pubis ischium & ilium) with part of sacrum

Acetabulum

where 3 pubic bones meat and where femur attaches to hip

Pubis

looks like mask when conjoined with other half of hip

Femur

bone in thigh/upper leg, largest bone in body. Patellar surface on anterior view, condyles on posterior side

Tibia

½ bones of lower leg, bigger than fibula, medial

fibula

lateral, smaller than tibia

malleolus

used instead of styloid process on tibia & fibula

ankle & foot joints

same process as on wrist & hands

talocrural joint

joint between medial malleolus of tibia, talus and lateral malleolus of fibula

intertarsal joint

joint between tarsal bones

tarsometatarsal joint

joint between tarsal bones and metatarsal bones

interphalangeal joints

carries over from carpal bones except on foot

Tiger Cubs Need MILC

mnemonic for learning tarsal bones

knee ligaments

highly clinically important - all tears are one of the most common athletic injuries - Cruciate = cross shaped, collateral = two laterally on each side of joint, meniscus = disc-shaped pad of CT