Metatarsophalangeal articulations

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Metatarsophalangeal articulations
Bones of the right foot. Dorsal surface.
Latin	articulationes metatarsophalangeae
Gray's	subject #99 359
Dorlands/Elsevier	a_64/12161421

The metatarsophalangeal articulations are of the condyloid kind, formed by the reception of the rounded heads of the metatarsal bones in shallow cavities on the ends of the first phalanges.

The ligaments are the plantar and two collateral.

[edit] Movements

The movements permitted in the metatarsophalangeal articulations are flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction.

[edit] See also

• Turf toe (metatarsalphalangeal joint sprain)
• Bunion (hallux valgus)

[edit] External links

• Diagram at webmd.com
• Diagram at microsurgeon.org
• ORT171 at FPnotebook - "First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Sprain"
• ORT291 at FPnotebook - "First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Injection"

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v • d • e Joints and ligaments of lower limbs Coxal/hip femoral (iliofemoral, pubofemoral, ischiofemoral) - head of femur - transverse acetabular Knee-joint extracapsular: patellar - popliteal (oblique, arcuate) - collateral (medial/tibial, fibular/lateral) intracapsular: cruciate (anterior, posterior) - menisci (medial, lateral) - transverse Tibiofibular Superior tibiofibular: anterior of the head of the fibula - posterior of the head of the fibula Inferior tibiofibular: anterior of the lateral malleolus - posterior of the lateral malleolus Talocrural/ankle medial: medial of talocrural joint/deltoid (anterior tibiotalar, posterior tibiotalar, tibiocalcaneal, tibionavicular) lateral: lateral collateral of ankle joint (anterior talofibular, posterior talofibular, calcaneofibular) Foot - subtalar/talocalcaneal anterior/posterior - lateral/medial - interosseous Foot - transverse tarsal Talocalcaneonavicular: dorsal talonavicular - plantar calcaneonavicular/spring - bifurcated (calcaneonavicular) Calcaneocuboid: dorsal calcaneocuboid - long plantar - plantar calcaneocuboid - bifurcated (calcaneocuboid) Foot - distal intertarsal Cuneonavicular: plantar - dorsal Cuboideonavicular: plantar - dorsal Intercuneiform: plantar - dorsal - interosseous Foot - other Tarsometatarsal/Lisfranc: plantar - dorsal Intermetatarsal/metatarsal: plantar - dorsal - interosseous - superficial transverse - deep transverse Metatarsophalangeal: plantar - collateral Interphalangeal: plantar - collateral Arches of the foot Longitudinal - Transverse