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Third metatarsal bone

Bone: Third metatarsal bone

The third metatarsal. (Left.)

Bones of the right foot. Dorsal surface.
Latin	os metatarsale III
Gray's	subject #64 274

The third metatarsal bone articulates proximally, by means of a triangular smooth surface, with the third cuneiform; medially, by two facets, with the second metatarsal; and laterally, by a single facet, with the fourth metatarsal.

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This last facet is situated at the dorsal angle of the base.

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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