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Foot Bones
Medical Definition: | The TARSAL BONES, METATARSAL BONES, and phalanges. The tarsal bones consists of seven bones: CALCANEUS, TALUS, cuboid, navicular, internal, middle, and external cuneiform bones. The five metatarsal bones are numbered one through five, running medial to lateral. There are 14 phalanges in each foot, the great toe has two while the other toes have three each. |
Guide Notes: | GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics |
Previously Indexed: | Foot (1966-1997),specific bones of foot (1966-1997) |
Metatarsal Bones - The five long bones of the METATARSUS articulating with the TARSAL BONES proximally and the TOES (phalanges) distally. | |
Tarsal Bones - The seven bones which form the tarsus - namely, CALCANEUS; TALUS; cuboid, navicular, and the internal, middle, and external cuneiforms. |
Foot Bones Medical Definitions and Terms
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