Anatomy Of The Ankle And Foot

Ebraheims educational animated video describes anatomical structures of the foot and ankle the bony anatomy the joints ligaments and the compartments in a simple and easy way. The ankle joint talocrural joint is formed where the distal end of the leg meets the foot.

Anatomy And Physiology Of The Ankle For Sports Medicine

The hindfoot forms the heel and ankle.

Anatomy of the ankle and foot. There are elastic tissues tendons in the foot that connect the muscles to the bones and joints. Foot ankle anatomy muscles tendons and ligaments. The largest and strongest tendon of the foot is the achilles tendon which extends from the calf muscle to the heel.

Lateral side of the ankle joint capsule. The bones of the foot and ankle begin with the ankle joint itself. The ankle joint allows up and down movement of the foot.

Its strength and joint function facilitate running jumping walking up stairs and raising the body onto the toes. The foot consists of thirty three bones twenty six joints and over a hundred muscles ligaments and tendons. The ankle joint also known as the talocrural joint allows dorsiflexion and plantar flexion of the foot.

The subtalar joint sits below the ankle joint and allows side to side motion of the foot. The ankle joint or talocrural joint is a synovial joint located in the lower limb. You can also see the bands of ligaments where the metatarsals and phalanges are connected to each other.

These include the three cuneiform bones the cuboid bone and the navicular bone. The ankle joint is formed where the talus the uppermost bone in the foot and the tibia shin meet. Foot and ankle anatomy.

It is made up of three joints. These all work together to bear weight allow movement and provide a stable base for us to stand and move on. Medial view of the bones and ligaments of the foot and ankle lateral view of the bones and ligaments of the foot and ankle nerve and blood supply to the foot and ankle plantar view of arteries and nerves.

The calcaneus heel bone is the largest bone in the foot. Upper ankle joint tibiotarsal talocalcaneonavicular and subtalar joints. Here you can see that the ankle is also a thick web of ligaments where the tibia is connected to the bones of the ankle and the core of the foot.

Foot and ankle anatomy is quite complex. The last two together are called the lower ankle joint. It is formed by the bones of the leg tibia and fibula and the foot talus.

The talus bone supports the leg bones tibia and fibula forming the ankle. Anatomy and injuries of the foot and ankle illustrates the following normal anatomy. It is formed by the bones of the leg tibia and fibula and the foot talus.

Illustrated Anatomy Of The Foot A The Cuneiforms Cuboid