Calcaneus | |
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Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | calcaneus, calcaneum, os calcis |
MeSH | D002111 |
TA98 | A02.5.11.001 |
TA2 | 1468 |
FMA | 24496 |
Anatomical terms of bone |
In humans and many other primates, the calcaneus (/kælˈkeɪniəs/; 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.