metatarsal bone of digit 5 in dogs

A metatarsal bone that distally_connected_to a proximal phalanx of pedal digit 5. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the metatarsal bone of digit 5 is

A metatarsal bone that distally_connected_to a proximal phalanx of pedal digit 5. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the metatarsal bone of digit 5 is

It sits in the hindlimb and hindpaw, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the metatarsal bone of digit 5 connects to

The atlas records 23 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of anatomical structure, anatomical system and appendage, and 14 more.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the metatarsal bone of digit 5. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as fifth metatarsal bone, foot digit 5 metatarsal bone, metatarsal 5, metatarsal V, metatarsal bone digit 5 and metatarsal bone of digit V, and 4 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0003654, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical structure, anatomical system, appendage, appendage girdle complex, appendicular skeleton and autopod region, and 11 more.
• A kind of: metapodium bone, metatarsal bone and skeletal element.
• inserts into: fibularis brevis and fibularis tertius.
• composed of: bone tissue.

Questions

Where is the metatarsal bone of digit 5?

It sits in the hindlimb and hindpaw, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the metatarsal bone of digit 5 connect to?

Part of: anatomical structure, anatomical system, appendage, appendage girdle complex, appendicular skeleton and autopod region, and 11 more.

Is the metatarsal bone of digit 5 the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.