Topography

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Knee

Sections

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Foot

Ankle and talotarsal joint, radiography

F ib u la

Syndesmosis tibiofibularis

Articulatio talocrural is

Malleolus lateralis

Tibia

Linea epiphysialis

Trochlea tali

Malleolus medialis

Talus

Fig. 1317

Ankle joint, Articulatio talocruralis;

AP-radiograph with the subject reclined and the central beam

directed tangentially onto the trochlea of talus.

' Clinically, the posterior border of the fibular notch is also referred to

as the third malleolus.

Fibula

Linea epiphysialis**

Articulatio talocruralis

Proc. posterior tali

Articulatio subtalaris *

Sinus tarsi

Sustentaculum tali

Tibia

Trochlea tali

Malleolus medialis

Malleolus lateralis

Articulatio

talocalcaneonavicularis *

Os naviculare

Tuber calcanei

Fig. 1318

Ankle and talotarsal joint,

Articulationes talocruralis et talotarsalis;

AP-radiograph with the subject reclined and the central beam

directed tangentially onto the apex of the trochlea of talus.

Due to th e ir helical distorsion, the join t clefts are not displayed

orthogonally.

‘ Overlapping epiphyseal lines of the tibia and fibula

-» K28, 1429