Landmark · Skeletal system
Head of metatarsal bone
Caput ossis metatarsi
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb, Foot
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Third metatarsal bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
The head or distal extremity presents a convex articular surface, oblong from above downward, and extending farther backward below than above.
Its sides are flattened, and on each is a depression, surmounted by a tubercle, for ligamentous attachment.
Its plantar surface is grooved antero-posteriorly for the passage of the flexor tendons, and marked on either side by an articular eminence continuous with the terminal articular surface.
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Names
- Latin
- Caput ossis metatarsi
- English
- Head of metatarsal bone
- French
- Tête du métatarsien
- Spanish
- Cabeza de hueso metatarsiano
- Portuguese
- Cabeça do osso metatarso