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What is the difference between a lateral malleolus and a medial malleolus?
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∙ 11y ago
Lateral refers to the outside of the ankle while medial refers to the inside or towards the midline of the body
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What is the lateral ankle projection?
medial malleolus
Which bones form lateral and medial malleolus?
The Lateral Malleolus is part of the fibula.
4 The medial malleolus is located on the distal end of what bone?
I think they are inner and outer ankle The Medial malleolus if found on the Tibia and the Lateral malleolus is found on the Fibula. The ankle connect to the Medial and Lateral malleolus.
Does the small saphenous vein begin on the posterior of the lateral malleolus of the fibula or the medial malleolus of the tibia?
Medial malleolus of the tibia
What is the alignment of the medial and lateral malleoli relative to each other?
The medial malleolus is closer to the midline. The lateral malleolus is toward the outside of the body.
Is the lateral malleolus distal end of the tibia?
No, the lateral malleolus is the distal end of the fibula. The medial malleolus is the distal end of the tibia.
What are the processes and bones that create your medial and lateral ankle and wrist bumps?
The bumps at the ankle are the malleoli (singular malleolus). The medial malleolus is formed by the tibia, and the lateral malleolus by the fibula. The medial wrist bump is formed by the styloid process of the ulna, and the lateral wrist bump by the styloid process of the radius.
What is the malleoulus?
The ancle has two lateral bones - the tibia ends at the ancle with the medial malleolus and the fibia ends at the ancle with the lateral malleolus
What is the name for the boney prominence on the medical and lateral aspect of the ankle area?
The two boney prominences are the medial malleolus and the lateral malleolus.
What forms the ankle mortise joint?
Lateral Malleolus and the talus make up the lateral side. Medial Malleolus and Talus make up the medial side. Tibiotalar joint space make up the top.
Is the fibula a medial bone?
The medial malleolus is located on the tibia. The fibula forms the lateral malleolus.
What bones make up the the medial and lateral malleolus?
The distal and medial part of the tibia makes up the medial mallelolus The lateral malleolus is a bony prominence on the fibula, one of the long bones which makes up the lower leg. The fibula is the narrowest of the long bones, situated on the outside of the leg, with the lateral malleolus creating the distinctive bump on the outside of the ankle. This prominence is frequently involved in ankle fractures.
