Lower Limb Osteology
- Previous year questions on Lower Limb Osteology for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Anatomy section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 10 live questions in Lower Limb Osteology.
- 2 of 10 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Anatomy is worth about 17 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 3 Sept 2026.
Q1.Highest point of iliac crest is seen at;
- AL3
- BL4✓ Correct answer
- CS1
- DS2
Q2.Secondary ossification centre appears before birth at
- AUpper end of femur
- BLower end of femur✓ Correct answer
- CLower end of tibia
- DLower end of fibula
Q3.True about upper end of tibia is all except :
- AOssification centre at the upper end fuses by 20 years
- BIt gives attachment to meniscal cailage on intercondylar ridge
- CIt gives attachement to semi-membranosus
- DPosterior aspect of patella aiculates with upper end of tibia laterally✓ Correct answer
Q4.A 62-year-old woman slips and falls on the bathroom floor. As a result, she has a posterior dislocation of the hip joint and a fracture of the neck of the femur If the acetabulum is fractured at its posterosuperior margin by dislocation of the hip joint, which of the following bones could be involved?
- APubis
- BIschium
- CIlium✓ Correct answer
- DSacrum
Q5.True about linea aspera
- AForms lateral border of femur
- BFomas medial border of femur
- CContinues as gluteal tuberosity✓ Correct answer
- DRoughened surface on the shaft of the tibia
Q6.Ossification centre which appears first is?
- AUpper end of femur
- BLower end of femur✓ Correct answer
- CGreater trochanter
- DHead
Q7.Ossification centre for Innate appears at ?
- ABih
- B2nd year
- C4 year✓ Correct answer
- D6 year
Q8.Lower end of femur is ossified from how many ossification centers
- A1✓ Correct answer
- B2
- C3
- D4
Q9.All of the following are attached to the greater trochanter of femur, EXCEPT:
- AGluteus minimus
- BGluteus medius
- CGluteus maximus✓ Correct answer
- DNone of the above
Q10.The condyles of tibia provide attachment to -
- AFibular collateral ligament
- BTibial collateral ligament✓ Correct answer
- CLigamentum patellae
- DPopliteus muscle
Answer key
Q1: B. L4; Q2: B. Lower end of femur; Q3: D. Posterior aspect of patella aiculates with upper end of tibia laterally; Q4: C. Ilium; Q5: C. Continues as gluteal tuberosity; Q6: B. Lower end of femur; Q7: C. 4 year; Q8: A. 1; Q9: C. Gluteus maximus; Q10: B. Tibial collateral ligament.
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