Ankle-bone

  • 31Accessory navicular bone — An accessory navicular bone is a bone of the foot that occasionally develops abnormally in front of the ankle towards the inside of the foot. This bone may be present in approximately 2.5% of the general population and is usually asymptomatic.… …

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  • 32shin bone — noun 1. a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg • Syn: ↑shin • Hypernyms: ↑cut, ↑cut of meat 2. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle • Syn: ↑tibia, ↑ …

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  • 33Leg, ankle and foot bones — There are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. The 10 hip and leg bones are the innominate or hip bone (fusion of the ilium, ischium, and pubis), femur, tibia, fibula, and patella (kneecap) on each …

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  • 34Lateral collateral ligament of ankle joint — Infobox Ligament Name = External lateral ligament of the ankle joint Latin = ligamentum collaterale laterale articulationis talocruralis GraySubject = 95 GrayPage = 351 Caption = The ligaments of the foot from the lateral aspect. Caption2 =… …

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  • 35Huckle bone — Huckle Huc kle, n. [Perh. dim. of Prov. E. hucka hook, and so named from its round shape. See {Hook}.] 1. The hip; the haunch. [1913 Webster] 2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip. [1913 Webster] {Huckle bone}. (a) The hip bone; the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36navicular bone — noun 1. A boat shaped bone on the thumb side of the wrist joint, the scaphoid bone 2. A corresponding bone in the ankle joint • • • Main Entry: ↑navicula …

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  • 37sock-bone — The protruding bone on the outside edge of the feet; a hill like projection of bone just to the side of the ankle. I was so surprised when I didn t see my word in the pseudodictionary that I leapt out my chair, knocking my sock bone on the desk …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 38sock-bone — The protruding bone on the outside edge of the feet; a hill like projection of bone just to the side of the ankle. I was so surprised when I didn t see my word in the pseudodictionary that I leapt out my chair, knocking my sock bone on the desk …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 39Haunch bone — Haunch Haunch (h[aum]nch; 277), n. [F. hanche, of German origin; cf. OD. hancke, hencke, and also OHG. ancha; prob. not akin to E. ankle.] 1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40cannon bone — /ˈkænən boʊn/ (say kanuhn bohn) noun the greatly developed middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of hoofed quadrupeds, extending from wrist or ankle to the first joint of the digit. {from cannon (as being tube shaped) + bone} …