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Musculoskeletal
BONES: THE LOWER EXTREMITIES
Term | Definition |
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acetabulum | the hip socket; the cup-shaped cavity on the outer aspect of the hip bone |
os innominatum | the innomainate (having no name) bone. It forms the lateral half of the pelvis |
os coxae | the hip bone or pelvis bone |
femur | The thigh bone; the longest strongest bone in the human body |
patella | the knee-cap; a small flat trianglar bone located in front of the knee joint within the inserting tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle |
tibia | the shin bone; the medial, larger bone of the lower leg |
fibula | the smaller lateral bone of the lower leg. One of the longest and thinnest bones of the body |
tarsus | the ankle; the 7 bones of the ankle including the heel bone. |
calcaneus | the heel bone; the irregular bone at the back of the tarsus |
metatarsus | the part of the foot between the tarsus and the toes; the 5 long bones that extend from the tarsus to the toes |