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Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Bones of Lower Extremity > Foot Bones
Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Bones of Lower Extremity > Foot Bones

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Foot Bones  

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  • Bones of Feet
  • Bones of Foot
  • Feet Bone
  • Feet Bones
  • Foot Bone

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; permitted with all vertebrates; Manual 21.58

Scope note

  • The TARSAL BONES; METATARSAL BONES; and PHALANGES OF TOES. 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.

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  • 98; use explode 1988-97

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