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Palatine bone

Anatomy; Human body

The palatine bone is a bone in many species of the animal kingdom, commonly termed the palatum.

The patella, also known as the knee cap or kneepan, is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint. It ...

Intermediate phalanges

Anatomyproper; Human body

Intermediate phalanges are bones found in the limbs of most vertebrates. In humans, they are the bones of the finger and toe which lie in the middle, between the two wrinkly joints. The thumb and big ...

Distal phalanges

Anatomy; Human body

The distal or terminal phalanges (singular phalanx) are the terminal limb bones located at the tip of the digits (i.e. fingers and toes). In human anatomy, the distal phalanges of the four ulnar ...

Calcaneus

Anatomy; Human body

In humans, the calcaneus (from the Latin calcaneum, meaning heel) or heel bone is a bone of the tarsus of the foot which constitute the heel. In some other animals, it is the point of the hock.

Tarsal

Anatomy; Human body

In tetrapods, the tarsus is a cluster of articulating bones in each foot situated between the lower end of tibia and fibula of the lower leg and the metatarsus.