calcaneus
The postaxial bone of the proximal tarsals series[Phenoscape]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the calcaneus is
The postaxial bone of the proximal tarsals series[Phenoscape]. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the calcaneus is
It sits in the lower limb and foot, within the skeletal system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What the calcaneus connects to
The atlas records 38 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of anatomical structure, appendage girdle complex and appendicular skeleton, and 9 more.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the calcaneus. 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 calcaneal bone, calcaneum, calcaneus bone, os calcis, calcanei and fibulare, and 2 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001450, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: anatomical structure, appendage girdle complex, appendicular skeleton, autopod region, hindlimb and hindlimb skeleton, and 6 more.
- A kind of: bone element, endochondral bone, short bone, skeletal element and tarsal bone.
- contains: articular surface for cuboid bone of calcaneus, body of calcaneus, calcaneal sulcus of calcaneus, fibular trochlea of calcaneus, groove for tendon of flexor hallucis longus muscle of calcaneus and lateral process of tuberosity of calcaneus, and 3 more.
- connects: calcaneal tendon, calcaneocuboid joint, calcaneofibular ligament, subtalar joint and talocalcaneonavicular joint.
- originates from: abductor hallucis muscle, extensor digitorum brevis pes and flexor digitorum brevis muscle.
- inserts into: gastrocnemius and triceps surae.
- composed of: bone tissue.
- skeleton of: heel.
Questions
Where is the calcaneus?
It sits in the lower limb and foot, within the skeletal system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.
What does the calcaneus connect to?
Part of: anatomical structure, appendage girdle complex, appendicular skeleton, autopod region, hindlimb and hindlimb skeleton, and 6 more.
Is the calcaneus the same in other species?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.