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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.
Would An injury to the lateral side of your ankle would involve the tibia?
No, an injury to the lateral side of your ankle may involve the fibula. An injury to the ankle on the medial side may involve the tibia.
What is the lateral side of the ankle joint called?
the tarsals
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.
What is another name for the radius and ulna bone?
-Ulna bone: elbow bone -Radius bone: Forearm bone The radius is the bone of the forearm that extends from the lateral side of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist. The radius is situated on the lateral side of the ulna, which exceeds it in length and size. It is a long bone, prism-shaped and slightly curved longitudinally.
What is the inner aspect of the ankle?
The side of the ankle is on the lateral side of the body. The ankle itself is called the talocrural region. Together you would say the lateral talocrural. Of course, you also need to say left or right.
What is the correct name of ankle bone?
The medical name for the ankle bone is the TALUStarsusThere are two bony protuberances on either side of the ankle. The one on the inner side is called medial malleolus. This is formed by the lower end of tibia, which is the stouter of the two bones that make our leg. The outer bony protuberance is called lateral malleolus and is formed by the lower end of fibula, which is the thinner bone that makes our leg along with tibia. It is easy to remember the names of these bones without confusion if you remember the characters of same names in the Asterix cartoons. The fat character is named tibia which is the name of the fat bone. The lean one is fibula which is the name of the thinner bone of our leg.
What is a lateral carpal?
A lateral carpal is a wrist bone closest to the thumb side of the wrist. The trapezium and scaphoid are the lateral carpals.
The bone that runs along the lateral side of your forearm is the?
radious
What movement is most commonly the cause of a lateral side ankle sprain?
Usually rolling the ankle laterally would do this. I can think of a couple other instances, but most lateral ankle sprains are caused by rolling, either from landing off balance or misplanting the forefoot.
Is an acetabulum a depression in the bone?
Yes, it is concavity on lateral side of coxal bone for articulation with femur.
What is ventral-lateral?
Ventral-lateral is a medical term refering to the front (ventral) and side (lateral ) of a body structure. A broken bone in the arm can be described as showing a ventral-lateral angulation, meaning it is sticking to the front and the side.
