- Medial cuneiform bone
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Bone: First cuneiform bone Skeleton of foot. Medial aspect. Latin os cuneiforme mediale, os cuneiform primum Gray's subject #63 270 The medial cuneiform (also known as first cuneiform) is the largest of the cuneiforms.
It is situated at the medial side of the foot, anterior to the navicular and posterior to the base of the first metatarsal.
It articulates with four bones: the navicular, second cuneiform, and first and second metatarsals.
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- medial+cuneiform+bone at eMedicine Dictionary
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
Bones of lower limbs (TA A02.5.04–18, GA 2.242–277) Femur head (fovea) · neck · greater trochanter (trochanteric fossa) · lesser trochanter · intertrochanteric line · intertrochanteric crest · quadrate tubercleadductor tubercle · patellar surface · epicondyles (lateral, medial) · condyles (lateral, medial) · intercondylar fossaCrus OtherFoot calcaneus (sustentaculum tali, trochlear process) · talus (body, neck, head) · navicular · cuboid · cuneiform (medial, intermediate, lateral)OtherCategories:- Skeletal system
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