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Q: What bone in the ankle articulates makes a joint with the leg bone?
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Which bone in the ankle articulates with the leg bone?

Talus


The humerus articulates with what bone marking of the scapula?

marking or making? Humerus bone makes joint with Clavicula and scapula That is the shoulder joint


What bone articulate most with the tibia?

The tiba articulates with the fibula an the femur at the knee joint. And at the ankle it articulates with the talus and fibula.


What bones form a joint with the ankle?

There is no joint with the ankle. The joint is the ankle.There are three bones that make up the ankle joint. The joint of the ankle is made up of the Tibia and Fibula bones descending from the lower leg, and the Talus Tarsal bone of the upper foot/ankle.


What articulates with the temporal bone to form a freely movable joint?

mandible


Why is the tibia involved in the transfer of weight to the ankle and foot but not the fibula?

As the tibia approaches the ankle joint, the tibia broadens, and the medial border ends in the medial malleolus. The inferior surface of the tibia articulates with the proximal bone of the ankle; the medial malleolus provides medial support for this joint. whereas the lateral malleolus of the fibula only provides lateral stability to the ankle but does not help transfer weight to the ankle and foot.


The scapula articulates with this bone to form a ball and socket joint at the shoulder?

Humerus


Is the ankle a bone joint or an organ?

Organ


What is the only bone that articulates with the tibia and fibula?

The femur articulates with the medial and lateral condyles of the tibia. The femur is the bone commonly known as the thigh bone.


What is the joint between the talus and the lower leg?

Two bones make up the bones of the leg, which are tibia and fibula.these two bones then articulates wit an ankle bone called talus(which is among the tarsal bones),tarsal bones means bones of foot.so the bone that links ankle to the lower leg is the talus bone


What joint is the ankle?

Ankle is a synovial type of joint. You have the lower end of tibia bone, medially and lower end of fibula bone, laterally and talus bone on other side of the joint.


Where is the longest bone in the human body that articulates with the coxal bone?

The coxal bone is part of the hip joint.The longest bone in the body is the femur, thigh bone, which is a ball and socket joint with the hip joint or coxal bone.