There are three cuneiform bones in the human foot: the medial cuneiform the intermediate cuneiform also known as the middle the lateral cuneiform. They are located between the navicular bone and the first, second and third metatarsal bones and are medial to the cuboid bone[WP, unvetted, human specific]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform_(anatomy) ]
Synonyms: distal tarsal bone cuneiform bone os cuneiforme os cuneiform distal tarsal
Term information
- Wikipedia:Cuneiform_(anatomy)
- UMLS:C1511560 (ncithesaurus:Cuneiform_Bone_of_the_Foot)
- AAO:0000914
- SCTID:182102002
- NCIT:C32416
- FMA:24517