The document describes the different arches of the foot, including the medial and lateral longitudinal arches, and the anterior and posterior transverse arches. The medial longitudinal arch is higher and more important than the lateral arch. It is composed of several bones including the calcaneus, talus, and navicular. The talus head acts as the keystone of this arch. The lateral longitudinal arch is flatter and rests on the ground during standing. It is composed of the calcaneus, cuboid, and two lateral metatarsals. The anterior transverse arch is formed by the heads of the metatarsals, while the posterior transverse arch is composed of the talus and metatarsus.
4. MEDIAL LONGITUDINALARCH
Higher and important then lateral.
Composed of – Calcaneus
–Talus
– Navicular
– three cuneiform
– three metatarsals
Talus head is Key stone of this arch.
6. Tibialis Anterior attached to – 1st metatarsal,
Medial cuniform- Strength for this Arch.
Fibularis Longus-arch providing support.
7. LATERAL LONGITUDINALARCH
Flatter then medial longitudinal arch.
Rests on ground during standing.
It is made up of –Calcaneus
–Cuboid
–Two lateral metatarsal
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11. TRANSVERSE
ARCHS
ANTERIORTRANSVERSE ARCH
The head of metatarsals create the anterior
arch
It’s whole arch because during standing
position the head of first and fifth
metatarsals come in contact with earth and
create the second ends of the arch.
12. POSTERIORTRANSVERSEARCH
The posterior transverse arch is composed by
greater parts of talus and metatarsus.
It is incomplete because its lateral end enters
into contact with all the earth during
standing position.It creates only half of the
dome in single foot.The entire dome is
composed when both feet are brought
together.
