Definition of Os tarsi fibulare

1. Noun. The largest tarsal bone; forms the human heel.

Exact synonyms: Calcaneus, Heelbone
Generic synonyms: Bone, Os
Group relationships: Foot, Human Foot, Pes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Os Tarsi Fibulare

os pisiforme
os planum
os pneumaticum
os premaxillare
os pterygoideum
os pyramidale
os sacrum
os scaphoideum
os sesamoideum
os sphenoidale
os subtibiale
os suprasternale
os sylvii
os tarsi fibulare (current term)
os temporale
os tibiale posterius
os trapezium
os trapezoideum
os triangulare
os tribasilare
os trigonum
os triquetrum
os unguis
os uteri internum
os vesalianum
os zygomaticum
osage orange

Literary usage of Os tarsi fibulare

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal, Georg Thieme (1885)
"... os tarsi fibulare (Calcaneus). Dagegen werden alle Knochen stärker und breiter, welche mit den mittleren (dritten) Zehen in Verbindung stehen: so der ..."

2. Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie der Haustiere unter besonderer by Max Sussdorf (1895)
"... os tarsi fibulare (Fig. 143, F. f., Fig. 145), das Fersenbein, Calcaneus,1) entspricht in seiner Bedeutung für das Sprunggelenk als ..."

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