Ankle Part Of Leg Or Foot

The medial larger bone of the lower leg.

Ankle part of leg or foot. The ankle is made up of parts of the tibia and fibula. Lateral malleolus End of the fibula. The medial ankle ligaments are on the insideinner part of your foot.

CPT Musculoskeletal surgery section designates Leg tibia fibula and Ankle Joint then Foot and Toes. The smaller lateral bone of the lower leg. E289 Copyright 2013 Elsevier Ltd.

The ankle region is found at the junction of the leg and the footIt extends downwards distally from the narrowest point of the lower leg and includes the parts of the foot closer to the body proximal to the heel and upper surface dorsum of the foot. It is caused by swelling in a small pocket of fluid known as a bursa or bursae if more than one is affected. Has a leg infection.

The leg ankle and foot are perfused by the anterior and posterior tibial arteries fibular artery and their branches. Applied anatomy of the lower leg ankle and foot. Each toe has one metatarsal.

Additionally the lower leg often refers to the area between the knee and the ankle and this area is critical to the functioning of the foot. Foot skeleton picture. The proximal portion of the tibia is tibial plateau which acts as a cusp for the knee the distal portion tapers into the medial malleoli and the concave surface which articulates with the talus at the ankle joint.

The foot and ankle is made up of the twenty-six individual bones of the foot together with the long-bones of the lower limb to form a total of thirty-three joints. A tibiafibula tibfib fracture is a common fracture of the ankle bones. The tibialis anterior muscle originates from the outer side of the tibia and passes down the front of the shin.