part of part of develops from develops from composed primarily of distally connected to proximally connected to navicular bone of pes distal tarsal bone 3 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Gray291.png os cuneiforme tertium tarsal 3 lateral cuneiform bone Small element that articulates anteriorly with metatarsal III. It may be fused to tarsal 2.[AAO] ossa cuneiforme laterale os cuneiforme laterale ectocuneiforme os tarsale III EMAPA:36178 os cuneiforme laterale distal tarsal 3 bone AAO:0000920 Wikipedia:Lateral_cuneiform_bone Endochondral tarsal bone articulating with centralia and metatarsal 3. UMLS:C1517036 MA:0001354 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. 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. [WP,unvetted] foor distal carpal bone 3 FMA:24520 cuneiforme 3 UBERON:0001454 external cuneiform SCTID:182117003 galen:LateralCuneiform VSAO:0005054 BTO:0002358 lateral cuneiform third cuneiform bone 3rd cuneiform NCIT:C32554 distal tarsal 3 external cuneiform bone of foot In some types, the cuneiform is found as two or three bones, in which case the more anterior ('dorsal' in dorsal/plantar terminology) is the ectocuneiform, while the more posterior or plantar bones are the mesocuneiform and entocuneiform.[Palaeos] bone tissue metatarsal bone of digit 3 tarsal skeleton distal tarsal bone distal tarsal bone 3 endochondral element distal tarsal bone 3 cartilage