Lower limb
ARCHES OF FOOT
Medial longitudinal arch
1) Anterior pillar - Talus , Navicular , 3 Cuneiform
1st , 2nd , 3rd Metatarsal
2) Posterior pillar - Medial half of Calcaneum
3) Main joint - Talocalcaneonavicular joint
4) Bony factor - Wedge shaped
5) Summit - Superior Articular surface of Talus
6) Tie beams - Plantar aponeurosis (Medial part)
Abductor hallucis
Medial part of Flexor digitorum brevis
7) Slings - Tibialis posterior
Flexor hallucis longus
Flexor digitorum longus
8) Suspension - Sling formed by Tibialis anterior & Peroneus longus
9) Intersegmental Ties - Spring ligament (also called Plantar calcaneonavicular ligament)
10) Additional points - Higher , more mobile , resilient , shock absorber
Anterior end - Heads of 1st , 2nd , 3rd metatarsal
Posterior end - Medial tubercle of calcaneum
Lateral longitudinal arch
1) Anterior pillar - Cuboid
4th & 5th Metatarsal
2) Posterior pillar - Lateral half of Calcaneum
3) Main joint - Calcaneocuboid joint
4) Bony factor - Wedge shaped
5) Summit - Superior Articular surface of Calcaneum (at subtalar joint)
6) Tie beams - Plantar aponeurosis (Lateral part)
Abductor digiti minimi
Lateral part of Flexor digitorum brevis
7) Slings - Peroneus longus
Peroneus brevis
8) Suspension - Sling formed by Tibialis anterior & Peroneus longus
9) Intersegmental Ties - Long plantar ligament
Short plantar ligament
10) Additional points - Lower , limited mobility , transmists weight , rigid
Anterior end - Heads of 4th , 5th metatarsal
Posterior end - Lateral tubercle of calcaneum
image attribution & license
Attribution -
By Henry Vandyke Carter - Henry Gray (1918) Anatomy of the Human Body (See "Book" section below)Bartleby.com: Gray's Anatomy, Plate 290, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=792372
By Henry Vandyke Carter - Henry Gray (1918) Anatomy of the Human Body (See "Book" section below)Bartleby.com: Gray's Anatomy, Plate 291, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=792380