Landmark · Skeletal system
Calcaneal tuberosity
Tuber calcanei
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb, Foot
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Calcaneus
DescriptionUnreviewed
The half of the bone closest to the heel is the calcaneal tuberosity.
On its lower edge on either side are its lateral and medial processes (serving as the origins of the abductor hallucis and abductor digiti minimi).
The calcaneal tendon is inserted into a roughened area on its inferior side.
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Names
- Latin
- Tuber calcanei
- English
- Calcaneal tuberosity
- French
- Tubérosité du calcaneus
- Spanish
- Tuberosidad calcánea
- Portuguese
- Tuberosidade do calcâneo