1.
ANKLE JOINT

2.
ANKLE JOINT
It is also called as talo- cural joint.
Type : synovial
Variety : hinge variety
Axis of movement : uniaxial

3.
BONES FORMING THE JOINT

4.
ARTICULAR SURFACE

5.
LIGAMENTS OF THE JOINT
• CAPSULAR LIGAMENT
• SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE
• DELTOID OR MEDIAL LIGAMENT
• LATERAL LIGAMENTS
- ANTERIOR TALO FIBULAR
- POSTERIOR TALO FIBULAR
- CALCANEO- FIBULAR

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CAPSULAR LIGAMENT

7.
SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE

8.
MEDIAL OR DELTOID
LIGAMENT

9.
LATERAL LIGAMENT

10.
MOVEMENTS PRODUCED BY
ANKLE JOINT
• Plantar flexion
• Dorsi flexion

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MUSCLES RESPONSIBLE FOR
THESE MOVEMENTS
• Dorsi flexion- anterior compartment muscles
of leg.
- tibialis anterior
- extensor hallucis longus
- extensor digitorum longus
- peroneus tertius

12.
• Plantar flexion- by posterior compartment
muscles of leg
- gastronemius
- soleus
- flexor digitorum longus
- flexor hallucis longus
- tibialis posterior

13.
RELATION OF ANKLE JOINT

14.
ARTERIAL SUPPLY

15.
NERVE SUPPLY

16.
APPLIED ANATOMY
POTTS FRACTURE

17.
Pott’s classification:
• First degree
– unimalleolar
• Second degree
– bimalleolar

18.
Case 3

19.
Bimalleolar type

20.
INJURY TO LATERAL
LIGAMENT

21.
DISLOCATION