Calcaneus

Calcaneus
The calcaneus forms the bony part of the heel. It forms a joint with the talus bone, the subtalar joint.
Bones of the foot, with the calcaneus shown in red
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Identifiers
Latincalcaneus, calcaneum, os calcis
MeSHD002111
TA98A02.5.11.001
TA21468
FMA24496
Anatomical terms of bone

In humans and many other primates, the calcaneus (/kælˈkniəs/; from the Latin calcaneus or calcaneum, meaning heel;[1] pl.: calcanei or calcanea) or heel bone is a bone of the tarsus of the foot which constitutes the heel. In some other animals, it is the point of the hock.

  1. ^ Mosby’s Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Mosby-Year Book Inc., 1994, p. 242