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Heel
Back of the foot / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Heel (disambiguation).
The heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot. It is based on the projection of one bone, the calcaneus or heel bone, behind the articulation of the bones of the lower leg.
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Heel | |
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![]() A girl heel | |
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Identifiers | |
Latin | calx |
MeSH | D006365 |
TA98 | A01.1.00.042 |
TA2 | 167 |
FMA | 24994 |
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