Upper Leg Bones Diagram. The legs are the lower limbs of the human body that provide support and stability in addition to allowing movement. Collectively referred to as the carpus they individually articulate with the long bones in the lower arm radius and ulna as well as the metacarpals to make up.
Tibia and fibula the tibia and fibula are two long bones that run parallel to each other forming the scaffold of the leg and providing attachment points for many muscles. The 5 main bone types in the human body skeletal system. A related term is hyperextension which means that the extension of a joint is beyond what it normally should do.
Inferior or caudal away from the head.
Anterior or ventral front example the kneecap is. The largest bone of the foot it is commonly referred to as the heel of the foot. Labeled diagrams and examples of long bones short bones flat bones sesamoid bones and irregular bones that make up the foot hand skull cranium arm leg ankle wrist hip and vertebrae or spine. Tibia and fibula the tibia and fibula are two long bones that run parallel to each other forming the scaffold of the leg and providing attachment points for many muscles.