part of part of develops from develops from composed primarily of distally connected to proximally connected to navicular bone of pes bone tissue metatarsal bone of digit 4 tarsal skeleton distal tarsal bone distal tarsal bone 4 cuboideum UBERON:0010737 Small element that articulates anteriorly with metatarsal IV. It may be absent in some taxa.[AAO] tarsal 4 os cuboideum We need to restrict the logical definition such that it is *only* connecting to metatarsal 4 NominaAnatomicaVeterinaria uses os cuboideum as an official synonym for distal tarsal IV, but some sources also use this as the label for the human cuboid bone which is regarded to be formed from tarsals IV and V. We therefore decline to use exact syns in either case. Endochondral tarsal bone articulating with centralia and metatarsal 4. os tarsale IV AAO:0000932 VSAO:0005055 distal tarsal 4 distal tarsal bone 4 endochondral element distal tarsal bone 4 cartilage