Chapter 8.11, Problem 49LO

Summary Introduction

To describe: The phalanges and their relative locations.

Concept introduction: The tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges form the ankle and foot of the leg. Tarsals are the bones of the ankle. There are seven tarsal bones that articulate and form the tarsus. There are five bones of metatarsals of the legs that are similarly arranged as the metacarpals of the hands. Phalanges are the distal bones in the hands and the feet of the vertebrates.