L4.8.2.2.2.4: Foot and Ankle Bones

• FOOT AND ANKLE BONES

  ● Supports our body weight and serves as a lever that allows us to propel our body forward when we walk

  ● Each toe has 3 phalanges except for the big toe
• PARTS OF THE FOOT

  • Distal phalanx
  • Middle phalanx
  • Proximal phalanx
  • Metatarsals
• Calcaneus / heel bone

  • Carry most of our body weight along with the talus
• 1. tarsals
  2. medial cuneiform
  3. intermediate cuneiform
  4. navicular
  5. talus
  6. phalanges
  7. distal
  8. middle
  9. proximal
  10. metatarsals
  11. tarsals
  12. lateral cuneiform
  13. cuboid
  14. calcaneous

  A) 1-5

  B) 6-14