Lower Limb

What the page covers

The resources follow the limb from the pelvis down to the toes. You will find bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves and blood vessels, all made by GoConqr users rather than by GoConqr itself.

• Bones and joints: the mind map Bones of lower limb covers the hip, acetabulum, tibia and fibula, and notes how the acetabulum forms from three fused bones.
• Muscles: from the hip and thigh to the leg and the intrinsic muscles of the foot.
• Vessels and nerves: venous drainage, the femoral triangle, the femoral nerve and the popliteal fossa.

Where to start

Begin with the bones. Open the Bones of lower limb mind map, then try the quiz pelvic girdle/lower limb, which asks you to label the pelvis, femur, tibia, fibula and tarsals. Once the framework feels familiar, move to the joints with Ligaments of the joints of the lower limb, where you name each ligament in full.

Muscles next

Muscles take the most repetition. The quiz Quiz - Muscles Lower Limb (Insertions and Origins) uses fill-in-the-blank questions, such as the origin and insertion of tibialis anterior. The Deep Hip Rotators flashcard deck lists piriformis, quadratus femoris, both gemelli and the obturators with origin, insertion and function. Then try the labelling quiz muscle identification - lower limb (labelling) and Hip Muscles, which groups the flexors, adductors, rotators, abductors and extensors.

Using quizzes and maps together

Read a mind map first, such as Anatomy of the knee or Anatomy of the hip. Close it, then take a quiz on the same region and note what you missed. Return to the map for those gaps. Clinical maps like Painful Knee and Swelling In The Leg help you apply what you have learned.

Where it fits

This unit sits in the strand Regional Anatomy: Trunk and Limbs, within Anatomy. Teachers can set a quiz or a flashcard deck as ready-made practice for a class.

Choose one region, take a quiz, and then build your own maps and flashcards for the parts you want to revisit.