The Foot Bones

Foot Bones

There are 27 bones in the foot

(and a variable number of sesamoid bones)

right foot, dorsal view

Foot Bones

There are 27 bones in the foot

(and a variable number of sesamoid bones)

right foot, medial view

Foot Bones

There are 27 bones in the foot

(and a variable number of sesamoid bones)

Anterior View
Foot Bones

There are 27 bones in the foot

(and a variable number of sesamoid bones)

They may be broadly

classified into
Anterior View

- Tarsal bones

- Metatarsal bones

- Phalanges
Foot Bones

There are 7 Tarsal Bones

Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Lateral View
1. Calcaneus

Largest tarsal bone

Best viewed from the side
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Calcaneus

Projects posterior to the

Tibia and Fibula

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Calcaneus
Posterior
Projects posterior to the surface
Tibia and Fibula

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Calcaneus

The medial aspect of the calcaneus has

a projection

Posterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Calcaneus

The medial aspect of the calcaneus has

a projection

Sustentaculum Tali

Posterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Calcaneus

The medial aspect of the calcaneus has

a projection

Sustentaculum Tali

Posterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Calcaneus

The Sustentaculum Tali

Articulates with the Talus superiorly

Posterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Calcaneus

The Sustentaculum Tali

Articulates with the Talus superiorly

Has a prominent groove inferiorly for

the tendon of
Flexor Hallucis Longus

Posterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
2. Talus

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Talus

Connects the foot to the leg

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Talus

Connects the foot to the leg

Articulates with the

Tibia and Fibula
superiorly

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Talus
Fibula
Connects the foot to the leg

Articulates with the

Tibia and Fibula
superiorly

Posterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Talus Tibia

Connects the foot to the leg

Articulates with the

Tibia and Fibula
superiorly

Posterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Talus

Connects the foot to the leg

Articulates with the

Talus
Tibia and Fibula
superiorly

Posterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Talus

Connects the foot to the leg

Articulates with the

Talus
Calcaneus
inferiorly

Posterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Talus

Connects the foot to the leg

Articulates with the

Calcaneus
inferiorly

Posterior view
Calcaneus
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Talus
Has a body

Lateral view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones Lateral view

Talus
Has a body

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones Lateral view

Talus
Has a neck

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones Lateral view

Talus
Has a head

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones Lateral view

Talus
No muscular

attachments

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Talus

Anterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
3. Navicular

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Navicular

Lies distal to the Talus

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Navicular

Lies distal to the Talus

Lateral view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Navicular

Articulates distally with the

3 cuneiform bones

Anterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Navicular

Has a tuberosity medially

that provides
attachment for the
Tibialis Posterior
Tendon

Medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Cuneiforms
There are 3 Cuneiform Bones
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
4. Medial Cuneiform

Anterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Medial Cuneiform

medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Medial Cuneiform

Articulates with the

Navicular proximally

medial view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Medial Cuneiform

Articulates with the

Navicular proximally

1st Metatarsal medial view

distally
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
5. Middle or Intermediate
Cuneiform

Anterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Middle or Intermediate
Cuneiform

Lateral view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Middle or Intermediate
Cuneiform

Articulates with the

Lateral view
Navicular proximally
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Middle or Intermediate
Cuneiform

Articulates with the

Lateral view
Navicular proximally

2nd Metatarsal distally

Foot Bones

There are 7 Tarsal Bones

6. Lateral Cuneiform

Anterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Lateral Cuneiform

Lateral view

Articulates with the

Navicular proximally
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Lateral Cuneiform

Lateral view

Articulates with the

Navicular proximally

3rd Metatarsal distally

Foot Bones

There are 7 Tarsal Bones

7. Cuboid

Anterior view
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Cuboid

Lateral view

Articulates with the

Calcaneus proximally
Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones
Cuboid

Lateral view

Articulates with the

Calcaneus proximally

4th and 5th Metatarsals distally

Foot Bones

There are 7
Tarsal Bones 1

1. Talus 2 3
5 4
2. Calcaneus 6
3. Navicular 7

4. Medial Cuneiform
5. Intermediate
Cuneiform
6. Lateral
Cuneiform
7. Cuboid
Metatarsals

There are 5 metatarsals

2
5 4 3 1

2 1
4 3
5

Lateral View

Anterior View
Metatarsals

There are 5 metatarsals

The first is placed medially
for the Great Toe
Metatarsals

Each metatarsal has a

Base
Metatarsals

Each metatarsal has a

Base

Shaft
Metatarsals

Each metatarsal has a

Base

Shaft

Head
Phalanges
Phalanges
The Great Toe has two Phalanges

Proximal Phalanx
Phalanges
The Great Toe has two Phalanges

Distal Phalanx
Phalanges
The other toes have 3 phalanges each

Proximal Phalanges
Phalanges
The other toes have 3 phalanges each

Proximal Phalanges

Middle Phalanges
Phalanges
The other toes have 3 phalanges each

Proximal Phalanges

Middle Phalanges

Distal Phalanges
Foot and ankle surgeons classify the foot into three
distinct areas
The Hind Foot

Lateral
Oblique View
Consists of
- Talus
- Calcaneus
The Mid Foot

Lateral
Oblique View
Consists of
-Navicular
-3 Cuneiforms
-Cuboid
The Fore Foot

Lateral
Oblique View
Consists of
-Metatarsals

-Phalanges
Articulations of the Foot
 Fibula Tibia

Lateral Medial Malleolus

Malleolus
Talus
The Talus is gripped between the
- Lateral Malleolus of the Fibula
- Medial Malleolus of the Tibia
 Fibula Tibia

Lateral Medial Malleolus

Malleolus
Talus

This is the
Talocrural Joint or
Ankle Joint
This is the
Talocrural Fibula Tibia

Joint or
Lateral Medial Malleolus
Malleolus
Ankle Joint Talus
It is a Hinge Joint

Dorsiflexion and Plantarflexion

movements occur at this joint
Inferiorly, the Talus articulates with
the Sustentaculum Tali of the
Calcaneus
Sustentaculum
Tali
Inferiorly, the Talus articulates with
the Sustentaculum Tali of the
Calcaneus

and a separate facet on the upper Calcaneus

surface of the Calcaneus.
The latter is called the
Talocalcaneal Joint while the
former is part of a complex joint
called

Talocalcaneonavicular
Joint
The Talus articulates distally with the
Navicular bone

Navicular
The Talus articulates distally with the
Navicular bone at the

Talocalcaneonavicular Joint

Navicular
Talocalcaneonavicular
Joint
 Inversion and Eversion
occur at the
Talocalcaneonavicular
and Talocalcaneal Joints

Inversion Eversion

(The Talocalcaneal Joint and the Inferior part of

the Talocalcaneonavicular Joint are often
spoken of as the Subtalar Joint)