Anatom3DAnkle & foot
Tarsus et pes · Hlezno a noha
Skeleton
Looks like
Twenty-six bones in three arches, tied by ligaments and sprung by a thick sole band.
What it does
Takes the whole body's weight, absorbs landing and pushes off.
Keeping it well
Shoes that fit, balance work after a sprain, foot checks if you have diabetes.
Its parts
- Heel
- Top of foot
- Sole
- Skin of toes
- Talus
- Calcaneus
- Other tarsal bones
- Metatarsals
- Toe phalanges
- Ankle (talocrural) joint
- Ankle ligaments
- Tarsal tunnel
- Plantar fascia
- Arches of the foot
- Toenails
- Plantar nerves
- Navicular bone of right foot
- Navicular bone of left foot
- Abductor digiti minimi of foot
- Abductor hallucis
- Deep plantar artery
- Dorsal digital artery of foot
- Dorsal venous arch of foot
- Extensor hallucis brevis
- Fibular vein
- First lumbrical of foot
- First plantar interosseous of foot
- Flexor accessorius
- Flexor digiti minimi brevis of foot
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Fourth lumbrical of foot
- Lateral head of flexor hallucis brevis
- Medial head of flexor hallucis brevis
- Oblique head of adductor hallucis
- Opponens digiti minimi of foot
- Plantar metatarsal vein
- Plantar venous arch of foot
- Second lumbrical of foot
- Second plantar interosseous of foot
- Sesamoid bone of foot
- Set of common plantar digital arteries
- Set of dorsal digital veins
- Set of perforating veins
- Set of plantar digital arteries proper
- Set of plantar digital veins
- Third lumbrical of foot
- Third plantar interosseous of foot
- Transverse head of adductor hallucis
- Tributary of plantar venous arch
- Long plantar ligament
- Dorsal digital branches of deep fibular nerve
- Dorsal digital branches of superficial fibular nerve
- Anterior talocalcaneal ligament
- Articular capsules of distal interphalangeal joints of foot
- Articular capsules of metatarsophalangeal joints
- Articular capsules of proximal interphalangeal joints of foot
- Calcaneocuboid ligament
- Calcaneonavicular ligament
- Collateral interphalangeal ligaments of foot
- Collateral metatarsophalangeal ligaments
- Cuneocuboid interosseous ligament
- Cuneometatarsal interosseous ligaments
- Deep transverse metatarsal ligament
- Dorsal cuneonavicular ligaments
- Dorsal metatarsal ligaments
- Dorsal tarsometatarsal ligaments
- Lateral talocalcaneal ligament
- Medial talocalcaneal ligament
- Metatarsal interosseous ligaments
- Plantar calcaneocuboid ligament
- Plantar calcaneonavicular ligament
- Plantar cuneocuboid ligament
- Plantar cuneonavicular ligaments
- Plantar intercuneiform ligaments
- Plantar interphalangeal ligaments
- Plantar metatarsal ligaments
- Plantar metatarsophalangeal ligaments
- Plantar tarsometatarsal ligaments
- Posterior talocalcaneal ligament
- Talocalcaneal interosseous ligament
- Talonavicular ligament
- Fibular tarsal tendon sheaths
- Dorsal interossei muscles of foot
- Flexor retinaculum of ankle
- Inferior extensor retinaculum of ankle
- Inferior fibular retinaculum
- Subcutaneous bursa of lateral malleolus
- Subcutaneous bursa of medial malleolus
- Subcutaneous calcaneal bursa
- Subtendinous bursa of tibialis anterior
- Subtendinous calcaneal bursa
- Superior extensor retinaculum of ankle
- Superior fibular retinaculum
- Anterior tarsal tendon sheaths
- Tibial tarsal tendon sheaths
Related conditions
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Acromegaly
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Ankle sprain
- Botulism
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Bunion & foot deformity
- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chilblains (pernio)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clotting disorders (thrombophilia & APS)
- Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Fibromyalgia
- Flat feet (pes planus)
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Fungal nail infection (onychomycosis)
- Fungal skin infection (tinea)
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hammer toe and claw toe
- Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypothermia & frostbite
- Ingrown toenail
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Kawasaki disease
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Metabolic syndrome
- Morton's neuroma
- Muscular dystrophy
- Myasthenia gravis
- Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Peripheral artery disease
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
- Plantar fasciitis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Pre-eclampsia
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rabies
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Reactive arthritis
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sarcoma
- Sarcopenia
- Sepsis
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Tetanus
- Varicose veins
- Vasculitis (GCA & others)
- Venomous snakebite
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency