The Anthromica Library
The human body one structure at a time. Every page has a 3D model you can turn, with its parts numbered on it, where it sits, what it does and what supplies it.
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- CalcaneusThe heel bone, biggest of all the foot bones, which takes the weight of the body at heel strike and anchors the Achilles tendon.
- Metatarsal bonesOssa metatarsiThe metatarsal bones are the five long bones of the forefoot, joining the tarsal bones of the midfoot to the phalanges of the toes.
- Phalanges of the footOssa digitorum pedisThe phalanges of the foot are the short bones of the toes: two in the great toe and three in each of the four lesser toes.
- Sesamoid bones of footOssa sesamoidea pedisTwo small, pea-like bones under the head of the first metatarsal, set in the tendons of flexor hallucis brevis at the ball of the big toe.
- TalusOs taliThe ankle bone at the top of the foot, gripped between the tibia and fibula and carrying the body's weight down to the heel and forefoot.
- Tarsal bonesOssa tarsiThe tarsal bones are seven short bones forming the back half of the foot, from the ankle joint to the bases of the metatarsals.