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Lateral cuneiform bone

Bone: Third cuneiform bone

Skeleton of foot. Lateral aspect.
Latin	os cuneiforme laterale, os cuneiforme tertium
Gray's	subject #63 271
Dorlands/Elsevier	o_07/12598261

The lateral cuneiform (also known as third cuneiform / external cuneiform) intermediate in size between the other two cuneiform bones, is also wedge-shaped, the base being uppermost.

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It occupies the center of the front row of the tarsal bones, between the second cuneiform medially, the cuboid laterally, the navicular posteriorly and the third metatarsal in front.

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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