They start at the knee offering a broad area for the attachment of lower leg muscles and eventually become the ankles down near you feet. Beneath the ankles you have the bones of yo ur foot. The names don't really matter, but take a good long look at how they appear and are put together so you will know what you are feeling with your hands later in the lab section of the class. The joints of your knees, ankles and toes are basically hinge joints. The other joints of the foot that lie between the ankle and the long toe bones are gliding joints and and are capable of very minimal movement.
Gliding joints are bones that are really only attached by cartilage.
They are barely joints at all. They can just lightly glide in any direction, but only a very little bit. However, when you have many gliding joints together, such as in the foot, they can provide a decent amount of mobility. Lets look at how it's put together. Click here to see a picture.