Anatomy study note · Lower limb

Tibiofibular joints

The proximal tibiofibular joint is a synovial plane joint between the lateral tibial condyle and the fibular head. The distal tibiofibular joint is a fibrous joint between the fibular notch of the tibia and the lower fibula.

Key points

• Proximal: synovial plane joint.
• Distal: fibrous (syndesmosis) with interosseous and transverse ligaments.
• Interosseous membrane binds the tibia and fibula.
• Joint: from mesenchyme between bone ends.
• Synovial cavity forms in the middle layer.
• Synovial membrane: type A (phagocytic) + type B (secretory) cells.
• Joint surfaces: hyaline cartilage, no perichondrium.

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 11, PDF pp. 1338, 1409–1411
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 10, PDF p. 144
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 7, PDF pp. 117–120, 131

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