The metatarsal bones
Ossa metatarsalia
The long bones of the hindpaw, between the tarsus and the toes.
- Region
- Pelvic limb
- Members
- 4
- With a page
- None
How they differ along the set
What changes from one end of the series to the other, which is most of what there is to know about any one of them.
- They carry the four toes of the hindpaw, each of which has three phalanges.Reighard & Jennings 1901, the bones of the hind limb
The members
In order along the set. Any one of them can be singled out in the model above, with the picker beneath it.
- Metatarsal 2, left hindOs metatarsale II
- Metatarsal 3, left hindOs metatarsale III
- Metatarsal 4, left hindOs metatarsale IV
- Metatarsal 5, left hindOs metatarsale V