Anatomy of the lower extremity in standard radiology

e-Anatomy

Authors

Antoine Micheau , Denis Hoa

Published on

Friday 22 December 2017

Section

Limbs

Anatomical parts

Anatomy of the lower extremity in standard radiology

This radio-anatomy module of the lower limb presents 24 conventional radiographs with captions of 192 anatomical structures.
It is intended particularly for radiologists, electroradiology students, emergency physicians, orthopaedic surgeons and rheumatologists, but may be used as a daily or a teaching aid for any practitioner, physician or student involved in the musculoskeletal pathology of the lower limb.

Standard radios of the lower limb

24 of the X-ray plates most commonly used in musculoskeletal radiology were selected, covering the entirety of pelvis, thighs, legs and feet:

Lower limbs in entire frontal view

Full-length anterior-posterior weight-bearing view of the leg

Front view of pelvic girdle
Hip frontal and profile views

Anatomy of the lower limb in standard radiology: Hip

Front view of pelvic girdle
Hip frontal and profile views

Knee joint : Radiographs (Lateral view)

Entire leg from front view and profile

Leg : Radiograph

Ankle frontal and profile views

Ankle :

Foot in entirety front view and profile
Calcaneus in profile view and in tangential impact

Talus : Calcaneus (,Lateral view)

Forefoot front view and ¾

Foot , Toes :

Toes and metatarsals from front and ¾

Standard radiograph visualisation of anatomical structures of lower limb

The anatomical structures tab permits you to choose to display the bones (pelvis, femur, tibia, fibula, patella, foot bones) and the different joints (hip joint, femorotibial joint, ankle joints and foot...) on different radio graphical plates
The anatomical structures have been captioned using the nomenclature from the Terminologia Anatomica, with translations into English, French, Japanese, German, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Czech and Spanish.

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