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6.7: MODELS- Upper and Lower Limbs

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    Upper Limb

    Easy difficulty

    Medium difficulty

    Hard difficulty

    Bones:

    • Clavicle, Scapula
    • Humerus, Ulna, Radius,
    • Metacarpals, Carpals (group),
    • Phalanges (distal, medial, proximal)

    Bones

    • Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Pisiform,
    • Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate.
    •  Pollex

    Humerus landmarks:

    • Head
    • Medial & Lateral epidondyles.

    Humerus landmarks :

    • Anatomical neck, Surgical neck
    • Greater & lesser tubercles
    • Deltoid tuberosity
    • Trochlea, Capitulum.

    Humerus landmarks:

    Coronoid fossa, Olecrannon fossa, Radial fossa.

    Ulna landmarks:

    • Olecranon process.

    Ulna landmarks :

    • Coronoid process, Trochlear notch, Styloid process.

    Radius landmarks :

    • Head
    • Styloid process.

    Ulna landmarks:

    • Radial notch.

    Radius landmarks

    • Radial tuberosity.

     

    Clavicle landmarks:

    • Acromial end, Sternal end.

    Clavicle landmarks:

    • Conoid tubercle.

     

    Scapula landmarks :

    • Acromion, Coracoid process
    • Glenoid cavity
    • Spine.

    Scapula landmarks

    • Supraspinous fossa, Infraspinous,
    • fossa, Subscapular fossa.

     

    Lower Limb

    Easy difficulty

    Medium difficulty

    Hard difficulty

    Bones:

    • Ilium, Ischium, Pubis,
    • Femur, Patella, Tibia, Fibula,
    • Tarsals (group), Metatarsals.

         Bones

    • Talus
    • Calcaneus

         Bones

    •  Cuboid
    •  Navicular
    •  Cuneiforms: medial, intermediate, lateral
    •  Hallux

    Hip landmarks:

    • Pubis symphysis

    Hip landmarks

    • Acetabulum
    • Obturator foramen
    • Iliac crest

    Hip landmarks:

    • Anterior Superior Iliac spine
    • Anterior Inferior Iliac spine
    • Posterior Superior Iliac spine
    • Posterior Inferior Iliac spine
    • Greater sciatic notch
    • Iliac fossa
    • Ischial tuberosity
    • Ischial spine

    Femur landmarks:

    • Head
    • Neck
    • Greater trochanter , Lesser
    • trochanter.

    Femur landmarks :

    • Lateral & medial condyles
    • Lateral & medial epicondyles

    Femur landmarks:

    • Fovea capitis
    • Gluteal tuberosity
    • Linea aspera

     

    Tibia landmarks :

    • Medial malleolus.

    Fibula landmarks:

    • Lateral malleolus.

    Tibia landmarks:

    • Tibial tuberosity

     

     


    This page titled 6.7: MODELS- Upper and Lower Limbs is shared under a CC BY-SA license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Laird C. Sheldahl.

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