Group · Joints & ligaments
Tarsometatarsal joints
Articulationes tarsometatarseae
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Lower limb, Foot
- Part of
- Joints of foot
DescriptionUnreviewed
The tarsometatarsal joints (Lisfranc joints) are arthrodial joints in the foot.
The tarsometatarsal joints involve the first, second and third cuneiform bones, the cuboid bone and the metatarsal bones. The eponym of Lisfranc joint is 18th-19th century surgeon and gynecologist, Jacques Lisfranc de St.
Martin.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Articulationes tarsometatarseae
- English
- Tarsometatarsal joints
- French
- Articulations tarsométatarsiennes
- Spanish
- Articulaciones tarsometatarsianas
- Portuguese
- Articulações tarsometatarsais