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.

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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.

The calcaneocuboid joint is a vital link in lateral foot stability. The calcaneocuboid joint is formed by the calcaneus and cuboid bones. This joint is susceptible to sudden injury or chronic strain, which can cause this joint to partially dislocate or subluxate.

The cuboid can be subluxated downward causing a swollen kind of ache along the central portion of the lateral border of the foot.

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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Bones of lower limbs
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 (linea aspera, third trochanter, pectineal line, adductor tubercle)

lower extremity (lateral condyle, medial condyle, lateral epicondyle, medial epicondyle, patellar surface)
Tibia upper extremity: medial condyle - lateral condyle - intercondyloid eminence - tuberosity of the tibia - posterior intercondyloid fossa - anterior intercondyloid fossa

body: soleal line

lower extremity: medial malleolus
Fibula head of fibula - body of fibula - lateral malleolus
Tarsus calcaneus (sustentaculum tali, trochlear process) - talus - navicular - cuboid - cuneiform (medial, intermediate, lateral)
Metatarsus 1st metatarsal - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th
Other patella - phalanges of the foot
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