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Revise Skeletal Structures -
Essential Knowledge for Reflexologists

Bones of the Foot and Lower Leg

The diagram opposite is of the skeletal structure of the leg (Anterior View) and Foot (Dorsal View).

The bones and features labelled are the Femur, Patella, Fibula, Tibia, the seven Tarsal bones, the five Metatarsal bones, and the fourteen Phalanges.

More specifically the:

Femur;
Patella (Knee cap);
Tibia;
Medial condyle;
Tibial tuberosity;
Lateral condyle;
Medial maleolus;
Fibular notch;
Fibula;
Lateral Malleolus;
Calcaneous (heel bone);
Cuboid;
Talus;
Navicular;
First Cuniform;
Second Cuniform;
Third Cuniform.
 

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Bones of the Hand
and Arm

The diagram opposite is of the skeletal structure of the Arm and Hand (Dorsal View).

The bones and features labelled are the Humerus, Radius, Ulna, the eight Carpal bones, the five Metacarpal bones, and the fourteen Phalanges.

More specifically:

Humerus;
Greater tubercle;
Head (of humerus);
Lateral epicondyle;
Medial epicondyle; Olecranon process;
Radius;
Ulna;
Scaphoid;
Trapezium;
Trapezoid;
Lunate;
Pisiform;
Triquetrum;
Hamate;
Capitate.

 

 


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