- Also called the hip or pelvic girdle

-Each coxal bone consists of three bones that fuse together: the ilium, ischium and pubis.

-Two coxal bones are joined anteriorly by the pubic symphysis, and joined posteriorly by the sacrum.

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-the largest of the three hip bones

-is the superior part of the hip bone

-consists of a superior ala and inferior body which forms the acetabulum (socket for head of femur).

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-inferior and posterior part of the hip bone.

-the most prominent feature is the ischial tuberosity, it is the part that meets the chair when you are sitting.

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-Pubis, meaning pubic bone, is the anterior and inferior part of the hip bone.

-the pubic symphysis is the joint between the pubes of the two hip bones.

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-It is a deep fossa formed by the ilium, ischium, and pubis.

-It functions as the socket that accepts the rounded head of the femur.

-Together the acetabulum and the femoral head form the hip (coxal) joint.

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- It is the longest, strongest and heaviest bone in the body.

-The head articulates with the acetabulum of the hip bone forming the hip (coxal) joint.

-Its distal end articulates with the tibia and patella.

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-Patella (kneecap), that looks like a little dish

-it is a small triangular bone located anterior to the knee joint.

-the largest sesamoid bone in the body

-forms the patellofemoral joint.

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-the larger, medial weight bearing bone of the leg.

-It can be remembered as being the larger bone becuase most of the time you want to tell the Truth, so the Tibia is the larger bone of the leg.

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- the smaller, laterally placed bone of the leg.

-does not bear weight

-the head forms the proximal tibofibular joint

-It can be distinguished as the smaller leg bone becuase usually you would want to tell fewer Fibs, meaning the Fibula is smaller.

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-7 tarsal bones

-they include the talus (ankle bone) and calcaneus (heel, largest and strongest tarsal bone).

-the anterior tarsal bones are the navicular (like a little boat), three cuneiform bones (wedge-shaped), called the third (lateral), second (intermediate), and first (medial) cuneiforms, and the cuboid (cube-shaped).

-joints between tarsals are called intertarsal joints.

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-there are 5 metatarsal bones, numbered from 1-5 from the medial to lateral position (big toe to pinky toe).

-the metatarsals articulate proximally with the first, second and third cuneiform bones and with the cuboid to form the tarsometatarsal joints.

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-they are the distal part of the foot and resemble those of the hand both in number and arrangement.

-the toes are numbered from 1-5 beginning with the great toe, from medial to lateral. 

-the big toe (hallux) has two large, heavy phalanges called proximal and distal phalanges. 

-the other four toes each have three phalanges- proximal, middle and distal.

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