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In tetrapod
Tetrapod

Tetrapods are vertebrate animals having four feet, legs or leglike appendages. Amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs/birds, and mammals are all tetrapods, and even the limbless snakes are tetrapods by descent....
s, the tarsus are the cluster of bone
Bone

Bones are rigid organ that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red blood cell and white blood cells and store minerals....
s in the foot
Foot

The foot is an anatomical structure found in many animals. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws or nails....
 between the tibia
Tibia

The tibia, shinbone, or shankbone is the larger and stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates and connects the knee with the ankle bones....
 and fibula
Fibula

The fibula or calf bone is a bone located on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones, and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones....
 and the metatarsus
Metatarsus

The metatarsus consists of the five long bones of the foot, which are numbered from the Anatomical terms of location side ; each presents for examination a body and two extremities....
. The bones of the tarsus do not belong to individual toes, whereas those of the metatarsus do.






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In tetrapod
Tetrapod

Tetrapods are vertebrate animals having four feet, legs or leglike appendages. Amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs/birds, and mammals are all tetrapods, and even the limbless snakes are tetrapods by descent....
s, the tarsus are the cluster of bone
Bone

Bones are rigid organ that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red blood cell and white blood cells and store minerals....
s in the foot
Foot

The foot is an anatomical structure found in many animals. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws or nails....
 between the tibia
Tibia

The tibia, shinbone, or shankbone is the larger and stronger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates and connects the knee with the ankle bones....
 and fibula
Fibula

The fibula or calf bone is a bone located on the lateral side of the tibia, with which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones, and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones....
 and the metatarsus
Metatarsus

The metatarsus consists of the five long bones of the foot, which are numbered from the Anatomical terms of location side ; each presents for examination a body and two extremities....
. The bones of the tarsus do not belong to individual toes, whereas those of the metatarsus do. The joint between the tibia and fibula and the tarsus is referred to as the ankle joint.

In humans

The seven tarsal bones are:

  • the talus bone
    Talus bone

    The talus bone or astragalus is a bone in the tarsus of the foot that forms the lower part of the ankle joint through its articulations with the Lateral malleolus and Medial malleolus of the two bones of the lower leg, the tibia and fibula....
     (articulates with leg bones)
  • the calcaneus bone (heel)
  • the three cuneiform bones
  • the cuboid bone
    Cuboid bone

    The cuboid bone is one of seven tarsus bones....
  • the navicular bone
    Navicular bone

    The navicular bone occurs in human and horse anatomy....


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