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  2. Fifth metatarsal bone - Wikipedia

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    The fifth metatarsal bone is a long bone in the foot, and is palpable along the distal outer edges of the feet. It is the second smallest of the five metatarsal bones. The fifth metatarsal is analogous to the fifth metacarpal bone in the hand. [1] As with the four other metatarsal bones it can be divided into three parts; a base, body and head.

  3. Tarsometatarsal joints - Wikipedia

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    The tarsometatarsal joints (Lisfranc joints) are arthrodial joints in the foot. The tarsometatarsal joints involve the first, second and third cuneiform bones, the cuboid bone and the metatarsal bones. The eponym of Lisfranc joint is 18th–19th-century surgeon and gynecologist Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin. [1]

  4. Metatarsal bones - Wikipedia

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    Their bases also articulate with each other at the intermetatarsal joints. The first metatarsal articulates with the medial cuneiform, and to a small extent to the intermediate cuneiform. [6] the second with all three cuneiforms. [6] the third with the lateral cuneiform. [6] the fourth with the lateral cuneiform and the cuboid. [6] The fifth ...

  5. Arches of the foot - Wikipedia

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    The lateral arch is composed of the calcaneus, the cuboid, and the fourth and fifth metatarsals. [1] Two notable features of this arch are its solidity and its slight elevation. Two strong ligaments, the long plantar and the plantar calcaneocuboid, together with the extensor tendons and the short muscles of the little toe, preserve its ...

  6. Cuboid bone - Wikipedia

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    Only one muscle is attached to the cuboid bone; the tibialis posterior.The tibialis posterior inserts to the under surface of the cuboid bone. [2] While the flexor hallucis brevis arises, by a pointed tendinous process, from the medial part of the under surface of the cuboid bone, from the contiguous portion of the lateral cuneiform bone, and from the prolongation of the tendon of the tibialis ...

  7. Tarsus (skeleton) - Wikipedia

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    The talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints (i.e. between the talus and navicular bones, and the calcaneus and cuboid bones) form the so-called transverse tarsal joint or Chopart's joint. It has two axes of motion.

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  9. Long plantar ligament - Wikipedia

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    The long plantar ligament is the longest of all the ligaments of the tarsus.It is attached behind to the plantar surface of the calcaneus in front of the tuberosity, and in front to the tuberosity on the plantar surface of the cuboid bone, the more superficial fibers being continued forward to the bases of the second, third, and fourth metatarsal bones.