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-14 TARSAL BONES-
(7 in each foot)
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*aka “ankle bones”*
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-in ‘tetrapods’, the tarsus is a cluster of ‘articulating bones’ in each foot situated between the lower end of ‘tibia’ / ‘fibula’ of the ‘lower leg’ + the ‘meta-tarsus’-
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(in the foot the tarsus articulates with the bones of the metatarsus, which in turn articulate with the bones of the individual toes)
(the joint between the ‘tibia’ + ‘fibula’ above and the tarsus below is referred to as the ‘ankle joint’)
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(in humans the largest bone in the tarsus is the ‘calceneum’)
(the weight-bearing bone within the heel of the ‘foot’)
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