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Cross sections of right foot

Section through navicular, cuneiform and cuboid bones

Image #205-1

KEYWORDS: Bones joints cartilage, Foot and toes, Muscles and tendons.

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Cross sections of right foot

Section through navicular, cuneiform and cuboid bones

The section passes through the posterior parts of the three cuneiform bones, the anterior part of the navicular and cuboid bones, and through the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal. The tendon of insertion of the tibialis posterior has been split into several fascicles (18) passing to the cuneiforms and to the base of the first metatarsal. The peroneus longus tendon (8) lies more laterally than in the previous section and is in an osteofibrous tunnel bounded below by the anterior continuation of the long plantar ligament (not labeled).

1 .	Extensor digitorum longus muscle (tendons)
2 .	Extensor hallucis brevis muscle
3 .	Dorsal cuneocuboid ligament
4 .	Lateral cuneiform bone
5 .	Arcuate artery
6 .	Extensor digitorum brevis muscle
7 .	Cuboid bone
8 .	Peroneus longus muscle (tendon within fibro-osseous tunnel)
9 .	Peroneus tertius muscle (tendon)
10 .	Tuberosity of 5th metatarsal bone
11 .	Abductor digiti minimi muscle (tendon)
12 .	Flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle
13 .	Extensor hallucis longus muscle (tendon)
14 .	Navicular bone
15 .	Intermediate cuneiform bone
16 .	Tibialis anterior muscle (tendon)
17 .	Medial cuneiform bone
18 .	Tibialis posterior muscle (tendon of insertion split into several slips)
19 .	Abductor hallucis muscle
20 .	Flexor hallucis brevis muscle
21 .	Flexor hallucis longus muscle (tendon)
22 .	Flexor digitorum longus muscle (tendons)
23 .	Medial plantar nerve
24 .	Quadratus plantae muscle
25 .	Flexor digitorum brevis muscle
26 .	Plantar aponeurosis
27 .	Lateral plantar nerve
28 .	Lateral plantar artery and vein