tarsal bones
Also known as Tarsals, ankle bone, bone of tarsal, bone of ankle, tarsal bone
bones of the foot
Key facts
- Part of
- Foot
- Latin
- ossa tarsi
- Mesh
- D013639
- Ta98
- A02.5.09.001
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
16,629 papers- Coalitions of the Tarsal Bones.Foot and ankle clinics · 2018
- Tarsal Coalitions.Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery · 2022
- Tarsal coalition.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2020
- [Tarsal tunnel syndrome].MMW Fortschritte der Medizin · 2018
- Morphological and morphometric analysis of tarsal bones according to sex.
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Article
In the human body, the tarsus (pl.: tarsi) is a cluster of seven articulating bones in each foot situated between the lower end of the tibia and the fibula of the lower leg and the metatarsus. It is made up of the midfoot (cuboid, medial, intermediate, and lateral cuneiform, and navicular) and hindfoot (talus and calcaneus).
The tarsus articulates with the bones of the metatarsus, which in turn articulate with the proximal phalanges of the toes. The joint between the tibia and fibula above and the tarsus below is referred to as the ankle joint proper.