Calcaneus
The largest tarsal bone. Its tuber is the point of the hock, where the common calcanean tendon pulls, and it carries the sustentaculum tali on its medial side.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Pelvic limb
- Sides
- Paired: left and right
Measured on the specimen
What the calcaneus is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.
- Talus65%
- Fourth tarsal bone31%
- Central tarsal bone12%
- Tibia5%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Calcaneus
- Latin (NAV)
- Calcaneus
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria