Lateral cuneiform bone at a glance
- What it is
- A wedge-shaped bone of the midfoot.
- Location
- Lies between the intermediate cuneiform and the cuboid, in front of the navicular and behind the third metatarsal.
- Function
- Contributes to the transverse arch and transmits weight to the third metatarsal.
- Body system
- Skeletal · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA24526 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- It articulates with the navicular, intermediate cuneiform, cuboid and the second, third and fourth metatarsals.
- Part of flexor hallucis brevis arises from it, and a slip of the tibialis posterior tendon inserts on its plantar surface.
Structures next to the lateral cuneiform bone
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Dorsal venous arch of foot · cardiovascular
- Intermediate cuneiform bone · skeletal
- Cuboid bone · skeletal
- Lateral tarsal artery · cardiovascular
- Plantar arch · cardiovascular
- Medial cuneiform bone · skeletal
- Navicular bone of foot · skeletal
- Extensor hallucis brevis · muscular
- Plantar venous arch of foot · cardiovascular
- Deep plantar artery · cardiovascular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Lateral cuneiform bone (FMA24526). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §7.1 Divisions of the Skeletal System. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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