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Definition of Cuboid bone
1. Noun. The cube shaped bone on the outer side of the tarsus.
Definition of Cuboid bone
1. Noun. One of the seven tarsal bones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Cuboid bone
1. The lateral bone of the distal row of the tarsus, articulating with the calcaneus, lateral cuneiform, navicular (occasionally), and fourth and fifth metatarsal bones. Synonym: os cuboideum. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuboid Bone
Literary usage of Cuboid bone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"It is inserted into the inner side of the cuboid bone. This ligament forms one
of the chief bonds of union between the first and second rows of the tarsus. ..."
2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"It is inserted into the inner side of the cuboid bone. This ligament forms one
of the chief bonds of union between the first and second rows of the tarsus. ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1900)
"cuboid bone. The difference between the two procedures is shown in Figs. 3 and 4.
Lange claims that there is a double advantage in the new operation : (1) ..."
4. The Medical News (1881)
"The excision of the cuboid bone in confirmed and inveterate club-foot, ...
the extraction of the cuboid bone; the foot was then placed on a gutter. ..."
5. Human Osteology: Comprising a Description of the Bones with Delineations of by Luther Holden, James Shuter (1885)
"THE cuboid bone. Situation.—The cuboid bone is situated on the outer side of the
tarsus, and is wedged in between the os calcis and the fourth and fifth ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"Each cuneiform bone is connected with one, and the cuboid bone with two, of these
metatarsal bones. Behind, they are close together, but as they run ..."
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