heel bone

What it is A bump on the back of the heel bone.

In 1996, he suffered a fall from a rock face and shattered both heel bones.

The remains included a heel bone with a nail driven through it from the side.

Often, they result from too much stress on your heel bone and the tissues that surround it.

Worn heels increase any uneven pressure on your heel bone.

A bone spur or growth may form in the back of the heel bone.

Each one connects your calf muscles to your heel bone.

He did so whilst nursing a broken heel bone.

In addition, x-rays will be requested to help the surgeon evaluate the structure of the heel bone.

The Achilles tendon connects the calf muscle to the heel bone.

And this long tendon, which joins the calf muscles to the heel bone, is the toughest one in the body.

(6.4 cm) above its attachment to the heel bone.

"About 90 percent of the heel bone is the trabecular stuff that looks like sea coral," he said.

They were the heel bones of hoofed quadrupeds, but the antelope was considered particularly elegant.

Children who are going through adolescence are also at risk of getting it because the heel bone grows quicker than the leg.

A heel is the projection at the back of a shoe which rests below the heel bone.

Small bony growths under your heel bone may be a heel spur.

The calcaneus (heel bone) is the largest bone in the foot.

This causes the uppermost portion of the back of the heel bone to rub against the tendon.

Analysis of the bones revealed the remains of a male heel bone which had been pierced through by an iron nail.

Due to mechanics, pretend my hand is that plantar fascia, when the foot steps down, the heel bone swings out like this.

When a foot bone is exposed to constant stress, calcium deposits build up on the bottom of the heel bone.

The heel bone of Smilodon was fairly long which suggests it was a good jumper.

The tough band of tissue that wraps the foot rips away from its connection to the heel bone and, sometimes, compresses nerves.

X-rays, to evaluate the heel bone.