Here is the second video in the Osteology series, this time, covering the bones of the inferior limb and their major landmarks. Information is taken from the Anatomy Lab Guide written by Shively and Homan at Utah Valley University and based on the nomenclature found in the Nomina Anatomica.
Bones covered in the video are hip bone, bony sacrum, femur bone, tibia, fibula, tarsal bones, metatarsal bones, and phalanges. Each with their major landmarks is named and described. I loved learning the bones in Anatomy since a knowledge of them not only gives one, much understanding of body structure but also because they have unique and interesting names.
Since working in Central Service, I’ve really been able to better understand and appreciate those things I’ve learned in school. Just the other day I was talking to a sales rep for a surgical instrumentation company about the benefits and disadvantages of certain metals used in knee replacements. Pictured above is a genual (knee) joint. I was told that with knee replacement procedures, Titanium has a tendency to promote excellent bone growth whereas stainless steel seems to inhibit it. When replacement stainless steel condyles are removed from patients, rarely is there much bone growth. On the other hand, when Titanium pieces are used, such as intramedullary nails, surgeons rely on bones producing attachments to strengthen the artificial joint, utilizing the knowledge of how the body reacts differently to these metals.
Joshua Wilson 