Summary List of Lower Limb Structures

Bones

• Hip Bone
  • Ilium
    • iliac crest
      • ant. superior iliac spine
    • ant. inferior iliac spine
    • iliopubic eminence
    • greater sciatic notch
  • Ischium
    • ischial tuberosity
    • ischial spine
    • lesser sciatic notch
  • Pubis
    • pubic crest
      • pectin of pubis
    • pubic tubercle
    • symphysis pubis
    • pubic ramus
  • obturator foramen
    • obturator canal
  • Acetabulum
    • acetabular labrum
    • acetabular notch
    • acetabular fossa
• Femur
  • head
  • neck
  • greater trochanter
  • lesser trochanter
  • gluteal tuberosity
  • linea aspera
  • shaft
  • condyles
    • medial
    • lateral
  • epicondyles
    • medial
    • lateral
• Patella
• Tibia
  • medial condyle
  • lateral condyle
  • tuberosity
  • shaft
  • medial malleolus
• Fibula
  • head
  • neck
  • shaft
  • lateral malleolus
• Tarsal Bones
  • talus
  • calcaneus
    • sustentaculum tali
  • cuboid
  • navicular
  • cuneiform I
  • cuneiform II
  • cuneiform III
• Metatarsal Bones (I to V)
• Phalanges
  • 5 proximal
  • 5 distal
  • 4 intermediate

  Joints

• Foot
  • long plantar ligament
  • calcaneocuboid ligament
  • calcaneonavicular (spring) ligament
• Ankle
  • medial (deltoid) ligament
    • posterior tibiotalar
    • tibionavicular
    • tibiocalcaneal
• Knee
  • tibial (medial) collateral ligament
  • fibular (lateral) collateral ligament
  • medial meniscus
  • lateral meniscus
  • cruciate ligaments
    • anterior
    • posterior
  • oblique popliteal ligament
  • arcuate ligament
  • patellar tendon
• Hip
  • iliofemoral ligament
  • ischiofemoral ligament
  • pubofemoral ligament
  • ligament of head of femur
  • transverse acetabular ligament
  • acetabular labrum

Muscles

anterior thigh compartment

• iliopsoas
• sartorius
• quadriceps femoris
  • rectus femoris
  • vastus laterals
  • vastus medialis
  • vastus intermedius
• pectineus
• articularis genu

medial compartment of thigh

• adductor longus
• adductor brevis
• adductor magnus (except hamstring part)
• gracilis

anterior compartment of leg

tibialis anterior
• extensor hallucis longus
• extensor digitorum long
  • peroneus tertius

dorsum of foot

• >extensor digitorum brevis
• extensor hallucis brevis

lateral compartment of leg

• peroneus longus
• peroneus brevis

Muscles (cont.)

Gluteal Region

• gluteus maximus
• gluteus medius
• gluteus minimus
• piriformis
• superior gemellus
• obturator internus
• inferior gemellus
• obturator externus
• quadratus femoris

posterior compartment of the thigh

• hamstrings
  • semitendinosus
  • semimembranosus
  • biceps femoris, long head
  • hamstring part of adductor longus
• biceps femoris, short head

posterior compartment of leg

• flexor digitorum longus
• flexor hallucis longus
• tibialis posterior
• popliteus

sole of foot

1st layer
• adductor hallucis
• flexor digitorum brevis
• abductor digiti minimi

2nd layer
• accessory flexor (quadratus plantae)
• lumbricals
• tendons of flexor digitorum longus
• tendon of flexor hallucis longus

3rd layer
• flexor hallucis brevis
• adductor hallucis
  • oblique head
  • transverse head
• flexor digiti minimi brevis

4th layer
• interossei
  • 4 dorsal interossei
  • 3 plantar interossei
• tendon of peroneus longus
• tendon of tibialis posterior

Nerves

• lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh
• femoral nerve
  • cutaneous branches
    • intermediate cutaneous
    • medial cutaneous
    • saphenous
• obturator nerve
  • anterior division
  • posterior division
• posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh
• superior gluteal nerve
• inferior gluteal nerve
• pudendal nerve
• sciatic
  • tibial
    • medial sural cutaneous
    • medial plantar
    • lateral plantar
  • common peroneal
    • lateral sural cutaneous
    • superficial peroneal
    • deep peroneal
  • sural cutaneous

Arteries

• Femoral
  • profunda femoris
    • medial femoral circumflex
    • lateral femoral circumflex
    • perforating branches
    • supreme genicular
  • Popliteal
    • anterior tibial
      • dorsalis pedis
    • posterior tibial
      • peroneal
      • medial plantar
      • lateral plantar
        • plantar arch
    • Superior gluteal
    • Inferior gluteal

    Veins

    • Great saphenous
    • Small saphenous
    • femoral
      
    • superior and inferior gluteal

    Miscellaneous Items

    • femoral ring
    • lacunar ligament
    • inguinal ligament
    • femoral triangle
    • adductor canal

    Radiographs

    Hip
    • acetabulum
      • acetabular lip
    • head of femur
      • fovea
        
    • neck of femur
    • greater trochanter
    • lesser trochanter
    Ankle and Foot
    • distal end of tibia
    • distal end of fibula
    • talus
    • calcaneum
    • cuboid
    • navicular
      
    • cuneiforms
    • metatarsals
    • phalanges
    Knee
    • femoral condyles
    • medial & lateral condyles
    • tibial condyles
    • intercondylar eminence
    • head of fibula
    • neck of fibula
    • patella