Hip to It
This bone provides strength to carry the weight of the body in an erect position.
What is the hip?
This is the longest, heaviest, and strongest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
This is the largest and one of the most complex joints in the human body.
What is the knee?
The tibial condyles are separated by this structure, which ends in two peaks called the medial and lateral intercondylar tubercles.
What is the intercondylar eminence?
The ankle and foot contain these three main groups of bones.
What are the tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges?
The hip’s ball-and-socket joint is formed by the articulation of this part of the femur with the acetabulum of the pelvis.
What is the femoral head.
This small depression in the femoral head serves as the attachment site for the ligamentum teres.
What is the fovea capitis?
The knee is composed of these three bones.
What are the femur, tibia, and patella?
This bony projection on the anterior tibia is the attachment site for the patellar ligament.
What is the tibial tuberosity?
The tarsals consist of seven bones, including this second-largest one, which transmits the entire weight of the body to the foot.
What is the talus?
This cup-like cavity of the pelvis forms the socket of the hip joint.
What is the acetabulum?
The greater trochanter provides attachment for numerous muscles of this region.
What is the gluteal region?
This ligament arises from the medial intercondylar tubercle and extends to the posteromedial surface of the lateral femoral condyle.
What is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)?
This roughened area of the lateral tibial condyle, lateral and superior to the tibial tuberosity, serves as the attachment site for the iliotibial (IT) band.
What is Gerdy’s tubercle?
This is the largest tarsal bone.
What is the calcaneus?
The acetabulum is formed by these three pelvic bones.
What are the ilium, ischium, and pubis?
This ridge on the posterior femur serves as an attachment site for the gluteus maximus and adductor magnus muscles.
What is the gluteal tuberosity?
The knee joint contains two of these crescent-shaped structures composed of fibrous connective tissue that cushion the articulation between the femoral condyles and tibial plateaus.
What are the menisci?
This ridge on the posterior surface of the tibia provides attachment for tendon fibers of the soleus muscle.
What is the soleal (popliteal) line?
This shelflike process on the medial surface of the calcaneus provides support for the talus.
What is the sustentaculum tali?
The posterior column of the acetabulum is stronger than the anterior and contributes to this key function.
What is weight-bearing?
This pathology, caused by disrupted arterial supply, is a major concern following subcapital fractures of the femoral head.
What is avascular necrosis (AVN)?
This strong ligament extends from the posterior aspect of the intercondylar eminence to the anteromedial surface of the medial femoral condyle and prevents hyperflexion of the knee.
What is the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)?
This shallow indentation on the lateral side of the distal tibia articulates with the distal fibula to form the distal tibiofibular articulation.
What is the fibular notch?
The first metatarsal is associated with two sesamoid bones embedded within the medial and lateral slips of this tendon.
What is the flexor hallucis brevis tendon?