Calcaneus
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Calcaneus | |
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The calcaneus forms the banie pairt o the heel. It forms a jynt wi the talus bone, the subtalar jynt. | |
![]() Banes o the fit, wi the calcaneus shawn in reid | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Laitin | Calcaneus, Calcaneum, Os calcis |
TA | A02.5.11.001 |
FMA | FMA:24496 |
Anatomical terms o bane |
In humans, the calcaneus, frae the Laitin calcaneus or calcaneum, meanin heel[1]) or heel bane is a bane o the tarsus o the fit that constitutes the heel.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Mosby’s Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Mosby-Year Book Inc., 1994, p. 242