cuboid bone

Cuboid bone, one of seven tarsal bones in the human foot.

Most likely, the name cuboid comes from the fact that the cuboid bone is shaped kind of like a cube.

The tibialis posterior inserts to the under surface of the cuboid bone.

These include the three cuneiform bones, the cuboid bone, and the navicular bone.

The calcaneocuboid articulation is the joint between the calcaneus and the cuboid bone.

The fifth distal tarsal disappears relatively early in evolution, with the remainder becoming the cuneiform and cuboid bones.

The cuboideonavicular Articulation is a joint in the foot formed between the navicular bone and cuboid bone.

In Mongolia, shagai are an ancient form of dice made from the cuboid bones of sheep that are often used for fortunetelling purposes.

They are located between the navicular bone and the first, second and third metatarsal bones and are medial to the cuboid bone.

Only two muscles attach to the cuboid bone; the flexor hallucis brevis and tibialis posterior.

The Calcaneocuboid ligament is a fibrous band that connects the superior surface of the calcaneus to the dorsal surface of the cuboid bone.

The navicular bone is connected with the cuboid bone by the dorsal, plantar, and interosseous cuboideonavicular ligaments.

Often absent, opponens digiti minimi originates near the cuboid bone and is inserted on the fifth metatarsal bone.

The calcaneus, also known as the heel bone, is the largest of the tarsal bones and articulates with the cuboid bone anteriorly and the talus bone superiorly.

The earliest whales (the archaeocetes), also have this characteristic in the addition of also having both an astragalus and cuboid bone in the ankle, which are further diagnostic traits of artiodactyls.

The lateral rays stretch over the cuboid bone to the heel bone and the medial rays over the three cuneiform bones and the navicular bone to the ankle bone.

Cuboid syndrome or cuboid subluxation describes a condition that results from injury to the joints and ligaments in the vicinity of the cuboid bone, one of seven tarsal bones of the human foot.

The long plantar ligament (long calcaneocuboid ligament; superficial long plantar ligament) is a long ligament on the underside of the foot that connects the calcaneus with the cuboid bone.

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.

Most characteristic for the order are the flat astragalus, equipped with a short neck and a flat head, articulating with both the navicular and cuboid bones; and their calcaneus with its enlarged peroneal tubercle.

During the Giants' 31-3 blowout of the New Orleans Saints, the starting safety Percy Ellsworth broke the cuboid bone in his left foot, and four plays later, his backup, Shaun Williams, pulled his left hamstring.

Traditional surgical procedures, such as plantar fascia release, are a last resort, and often lead to further complications such as a lowering of the arch and pain in the supero-lateral side of the foot due to compression of the cuboid bone.

The calcaneal (Achilles) tendon is inserted into a roughened area on its superior side, the cuboid bone articulates with its anterior side, and on its superior side are three articular surfaces for the articulation with the talus bone.

Fossils located in 2001 in the Balochistan Province of Pakistan showed that Artiocetus had both an astragalus and cuboid bone in the ankle (a diagnostic traits of artiodactyls), suggesting that early whales had fore and hind limbs.

The tendon changes its direction at two points: first, behind the lateral malleolus; secondly, on the cuboid bone; in both of these situations the tendon is thickened, and, in the latter, a sesamoid fibrocartilage (sometimes a bone), is usually developed in its substance.