Cuboid bone

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Bone: Cuboid bone
The left cuboid. Antero-medial view.
The left cuboid. Postero-lateral view
Latin	os cuboideum
Gray's	subject #63 269
MeSH	Cuboid+Bone
Dorlands/Elsevier	o_07/12598248

The cuboid bone is one of seven tarsal bones.

[edit] Articulations

Distally, the Cuboid articulates with the fourth and fifth metatarsals, forming the fourth and fifth tarsometatarsal joints.

Proximally, it articulates with the calcaneus, forming the calcaneocuboid joint.

The medial surface of the bone articulates with both the lateral cuneiform bone and the navicular bone.

The inferior surface has a groove on its distal third for the tendon of the peroneous longus muscles.

[edit] See also

• Bone terminology
• Terms for anatomical location

[edit] Additional images

Bones of the right foot. Plantar surface.

Skeleton of foot. Lateral aspect.

Talocalcaneal and talocalcaneonavicular articulations exposed from above by removing the talus.

Oblique section of left intertarsal and tarsometatarsal articulations, showing the synovial cavities.

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femur: head of femur (fovea capitis femoris) - neck of femur - greater trochanter - trochanteric fossa - lesser trochanter - tubercle of the femur - intertrochanteric line - intertrochanteric crest - linea quadrata - body of femur (linea aspera, third trochanter, pectineal line, adductor tubercle) - lower extremity of femur (lateral condyle, medial condyle, lateral epicondyle, medial epicondyle, patellar surface) patella tibia: upper extremity - medial condyle - lateral condyle - intercondyloid eminence - tuberosity of the tibia - posterior intercondyloid fossa - anterior intercondyloid fossa body of tibia - soleal line - lower extremity - medial malleolus fibula: head of fibula - body of fibula - lateral malleolus tarsus: calcaneus (sustentaculum tali, trochlear process) - talus - cuboid - medial cuneiform - intermediate - lateral metatarsus: 1st metatarsal - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th phalanges of the foot