calcaneum

Examples

• All

• Posteriorly, it firmly adheres to the top of the wooden ankle block and the back of the tibia and calcaneum.

  Academic text (1991)

• The calcaneum is the largest bone in the human foot, forming the heel.

• In each design, a suitably shaped microcellular rubber sheet was used below the calcaneum and to fill the concavity of the arched articulated foot bones.

  Academic text (1990)

• In the sole, it runs horizontally forward from the calcaneum to the tips of the phalanges while separated from the concavity of the bony arch and the toe break by the microcellular rubber sole.

  Academic text (1991)

• The calcaneum connects the ankle bones to the bones of the foot.

Synonyms

C

calcaneus

vscalcaneum

• Specialized

1 9.0

Large bone at the back of the foot that forms the heel

is an alternative anatomical name for the same heel bone

H

heelbone

vscalcaneum

• Specialized

4.6

A large bone at the back of the foot that forms the heel

is the formal anatomical term rather than the everyday name

O

os tarsi fibulare

vscalcaneum

• Specialized

9.9

A large bone at the back of the foot that forms the heel

is the same structure but uses a different Latin or classical term

Surface Forms

Etymology