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Athletic Training & Sports Medicine Center

ASSESSMENT CLASS PROJECT
Joint & Soft Tissue Palpation Picture

Group A is to locate the following bony prominences on a skeleton and also a model.

JOINT

  • FOOT & ANKLE:

  • 1st Interphalangeal joint of foot

  • 5th metatarsocuboid

  • Anterior inferior tibiofibular

  • 4th DIP

  • Talocrural (anterior)

  • LOWER LEG:

  • Posterior superior tibiofibular

  • Anterolateral tibiofemoral

  • Medial patellofemoral

  • RIB & SPINE:

  • Posterior intervertebral joints C2-S1

  • Posterior rib # 8 & T8

  • Anterior rib # 4 & stenum

  • SHOULDER:

  • Posterior glenohumeral

  • Acromioclavicular

  • FOREARM:

  • Anterior Distal Radioulnar

  • Medial humeroulnar

  • WRIST:

  • Triquetrum-Ulnar

  • Posterior scaphoradial

  • HAND:

  • 1st metacarpophalangeal

  • 2nd PIP

  • 3rd DIP

SOFT TISSUE

  • KNEE:

  • Patella tendon

  • Tibial collateral ligament

  • FOOT & ANKLE:

  • Achilles tendon

  • Extensor hallucis longus tendon

  • Tibialis anterior tendon

  • THORAX:

  • Linea alba

  • ELBOW:

  • Distal biceps brachii tendon

  • HAND:

  • Extensor pollicis longus tendon

Group B is to locate the following bony prominences on a skeleton and also a model.

JOINT

  • FOOT & ANKLE:

  • Talocrural (posteromedial)

  • 1st metatarsophalangeal

  • Talonavicular

  • Posterior inferior tibiofibular

  • 5th MP

  • LOWER LEG:

  • Anteromedial tibiofemoral

  • Posterolateral tibiofemoral

  • Lateral patellofemoral

  • HIP:

  • Posterior sacroiliac

  • RIB & SPINE:

  • Posterior rib # 1 & T1

  • Posterior rib # 12 & T12

  • Anterior rib # 7 & sternum

  • SHOULDER:

  • Anterior glenohumeral

  • Inferior glenohumeral

  • ELBOW & FOREARM:

  • Medial olecranon & fossa

  • Posterior distal radioulnar

  • WRIST:

  • Scapholunate

  • HAND:

  • 1st carpometacarpal

  • 3rd metacarpophalangeal

  • 1st DIP

  • FACE:

  • Anterior temporomandibular

SOFT TISSUE

  • KNEE:

  • Rectus femoris tendon

  • Biceps femoris tendon

  • FOOT & ANKLE:

  • Extensor digitorum longus tendon

  • Peroneus brevis tendon

  • Calcaneofibular ligament

  • ELBOW:

  • Distal triceps brachii tendon

  • HAND:

  • Extensor digitorum tendon

Group C is to locate the following bony prominences on a skeleton and also a model.

JOINT

  • FOOT & ANKLE:

  • Calcaneocuboid

  • Talocrural (posterolateral)

  • 3rd PIP

  • Subtalar

  •  LOWER LEG:

  • Anterior superior tibiofibular

  • Posteromedial tibiofemoral

  • Posterior tibiofemoral

  • RIB & SPINE:

  • Posterior rib # 4 & T4

  • Anterior rib # 2 & sternum

  • SHOULDER:

  • Sternoclavicular

  • Superior glenohumeral

  • ELBOW & FOREARM:

  • Radiocapitellar

  • Lateral olecranon & fossa

  • WRIST:

  • Anterior scaphoradial

  • Hamate- 4th & 5th metacarpal

  • HAND:

  • 3rd metacarpal-capitate

  • 5th metacarpophalangeal

  • 4th PIP

  • FACE:

  • Posterior temporomandibular

SOFT TISSUE

  • KNEE:

  • Semimembranosus tendon

  • Semitendinosus tendon

  • Fibula collateral ligament

  • ANKLE:

  • Anterior talofibular ligament

  • Deltoid ligament

  • NECK:

  • Sternocleidomastoid muscle

  • ELBOW:

  • Ulnar collateral ligament

Group A
Megan Benavidez
Amanda Bradshaw
Fred Knighten
Brandy Lay

Group B
Shawndra Davis
Keith Dooley
Aidan Pritchard
Emily Stevens

Group C
Amanda Mathis
Chris McCrary
Rina Parrish
Johnathan Shoemaker

Anatomical Landmark
(include alternative name if applicable)

Related Information
such as purpose, function, attachment of ligaments, tendon, soft tissues involved
Preferred Body & Joint Position
best for palpation

Anatomical Description of Location
relative to other structures

Skeleton Picture

Model Picture

Tibial Tuberosity

Attachment for patella tendon

Subject sitting with knee flexed approximately 30 degrees and relaxed, quadriceps may be contracted to emphasis structure

Bony prominence located anterior centrally on proximal tibia immediately inferior to anterior knee joint