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calcaneum [3 records]

Record 1 2000-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

The largest of the tarsal bones; it forms the heel and articulates with the cuboid anteriorly and the talus above.

OBS

Plural form: calcanei.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Os du talon.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

The heel bone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Os et articulations
CONT

Chez le mammifère, on peut distinguer typiquement les tarsiens suivants : a) pour la rangée proximale, le tibial, l'intermédiaire et péronien qui sont appelés astragale et calcanéum pour les mammalogistes [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1978-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Bones and Joints
OBS

... the large tarsal bone that forms the heel in man; heel bone ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Os du tarse qui forme le talon.

Spanish

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