Medical terms of the Lower Extremities
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| acetabulum | The hip socket; the cup-shaped cavity on the outer aspect of the hip bone
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| os innominatum | The innomate (having no name) bone. It forms the lateral half of the pelvis
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| os coxae | The hip bone or pelvic bone
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| femur | The thigh bone; the longest, strongest bone on the human body
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| patella | The knee-cap; a small flat triangular bone located in front of the knee joint within the inserting tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle
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| tibia | The shin bone; the medial, larger bone of the lower leg
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| fibula | The smaller lateral bone of the lower leg. One of the strongest and thinnest bones of the body
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| tarsus | The ankle; the 7 bones of the ankle including the heel bone.
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| calcaneous | The heel bone; the irregular bone at the back of the tarsus. Also called the calcaneum and os calcis
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| metatarsus | The part of the foot between the tarsus and the toes; the 5 long bones that extend from the tarsus and the toes. Also, called the metatarsals and metatarsal bones
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| phalangeal | Pertaining to a phalanx or the phalanges
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