Anatomia del pie humano, huesos, funciones y fracturas mas frecuentes

Foot Anatomy: Bones, Functions, and Common Fractures Physiotherapy at Your Fingertips Hello friends, today we want to explore the anatomy of the foot, a crucial part of human anatomy that serves as a link between our body and the ground we walk on. Biomechanically, the foot is responsible for absorbing the impact with the ground when we walk and for supporting a large part of our body weight, making it a key component of overall health. Therefore, taking care of our feet and our gait is essential for maintaining good biomechanical health. Simply having an altered gait can lead to problems in the knees, hips, or even the spine. Imagine for a moment that your car had a tilted wheel, and you drove for miles and miles like that. What kind of problems do you think it would cause in the engine's operation? And in the chassis or the body? What if we applied this same example to our bodies? I hope you've learned a little more about the role the foot plays in our health. After this brief but thorough explanation, we move on to more technical details of the foot's bone anatomy. We'll begin with a sagittal view, the same view we have of the foot when we look down at it. Foot Anatomy. The foot, like the hand, is made up of three groups of bones: the tarsus, which articulates at its upper end with the tibia and fibula; the metatarsus; and the phalanges. The tarsal bones are divided into two rows. The first row consists of two large bones: the calcaneus, the large bone that forms the heel and supports us on the ground, and above it, the talus, which is located between the tibia and fibula, forming a joint called the talocrural mortise. This mortise, and especially its ligaments, are what are affected when we suffer an ankle sprain. These two large bones articulate with the second row of the tarsus, which consists of the cuboid, a quadrilateral bone located on the outer side of the foot; the navicular, or crescent-shaped bone; and its three small cuneiforms that articulate with the navicular, arranged from the inside out as the first, second, and third cuneiforms. If the left side of the diagram is the inner side of the foot and the right side the outer side, which side of the foot are we looking at, right or left? After this profound riddle, we move on to the metatarsus, five long bones that articulate with the tarsus, behind, and with the phalanges, in front, and this leads us to another question: Would you rather be a tarsus or a phalanx? All the toes are made up of 3 phalanges except for the big toe, which is too big and only has two phalanges. Finally, we must mention the sesamoid bones, small, rounded bones located in the foot beneath the metatarsal of the big toe. These bones are embedded in the tendon, reducing the tension it experiences. Foot fractures generally occur in the metatarsals. Among the most common is a fracture at the base of the fifth metatarsal, caused by being stepped on or by a sudden traction of the peroneal muscles in severe sprains. In general, other metatarsal fractures are caused by trauma or direct blows, such as when something heavy falls on the foot. A special type of fracture is the fatigue fracture of the second or third metatarsal, which occurs due to the stress of repetitive microtrauma, such as prolonged walking in inappropriate footwear. Finally, a calcaneal fracture is common in people who fall or jump from a great height with a violent impact of their heels directly against the ground. Foot anatomy. I hope you have gained valuable knowledge about your foot, its importance, and the bones that make it up. It is important to know yourself before knowing others.