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Medial cuneiform bone

Bone: First cuneiform bone

Skeleton of foot. Medial aspect.
Latin	os cuneiforme mediale, os cuneiform primum
Gray's	subject #63 270
Dorlands/Elsevier	o_07/12598268

The medial cuneiform (also known as first cuneiform) is the largest of the cuneiforms.

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It is situated at the medial side of the foot, anterior to the navicular and posterior to the base of the first metatarsal.

It articulates with four bones: the navicular, second cuneiform, and first and second metatarsals.

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Bones of lower limbs

Femur

head of femur (fovea capitis femoris) · neck of femur · greater trochanter · trochanteric fossa · lesser trochanter · tubercle of the femur · intertrochanteric line · intertrochanteric crest · linea quadrata

body (linea aspera, third trochanter, pectineal line, adductor tubercle)

lower extremity (lateral condyle, medial condyle, lateral epicondyle, medial epicondyle, patellar surface)

Tibia

upper extremity	medial condyle · lateral condyle · intercondyloid eminence · tuberosity of the tibia · posterior intercondyloid fossa · anterior intercondyloid fossa
body	soleal line
lower extremity	medial malleolus