Skeletal system

Calcaneus

System: Skeletal system
Regions: Lower limb, Foot
Side: Left and right
Part of: Tarsal bones

DescriptionUnreviewed

In humans and many other primates, the calcaneus (from the Latin calcaneus or calcaneum, meaning heel) 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.

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Muscle attachments

Muscles that arise here

Abductor hallucis
Extensor hallucis brevis
Flexor digitorum brevis
Long plantar ligament

Landmarks

Anterior process of calcaneus
Articular surface for cuboid
Calcaneal sulcus
Calcaneal tubercle
Calcaneal tuberosity
Groove for tendon of flexor hallucis longus of calcaneus
Lateral process of calcaneal tuberosity
Medial process of calcaneal tuberosity
Sustentaculum tali
Tarsal sinus

Names

Latin: Calcaneus
English: Calcaneus
French: Calcaneus
Spanish: Calcáneo
Portuguese: Calcâneo

In the same group

Cuboid bone
Intermediate cuneiform bone
Lateral cuneiform bone
Medial cuneiform bone
Navicular bone
Talus