metatarsal bone
The metatarsus or metatarsal bones are a group of five long bones in the pes located between the tarsal bones of the hind- and mid-pes and the phalanges of the toes. Lacking individual names, the metatarsal bones are numbered from the medial side (side of big toe): the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal. The metatarsals are analogous to the metacarpal bones of the manus. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the metatarsal bone is
The metatarsus or metatarsal bones are a group of five long bones in the pes located between the tarsal bones of the hind- and mid-pes and the phalanges of the toes. Lacking individual names, the metatarsal bones are numbered from the medial side (side of big toe): the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth metatarsal. The metatarsals are analogous to the metacarpal bones of the manus. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a bone at the organ scale in the human body.
Where the metatarsal bone is
It sits in the lower limb and foot, 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 connects to
The atlas records 41 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of anatomical structure, appendage girdle complex and appendicular skeleton, and 13 more.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the metatarsal bone. 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 metatarsal, ossa metatarsalia and ossa metatarsi. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001448, 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 10 more.
- A kind of: bone element, endochondral bone, long bone, pes bone and skeletal element.
- Connected to: phalanx of pes and tarsal bone.
- connects: intermetatarsal joint, metatarsophalangeal joint, metatarsophalangeal joint of pedal digit 1, metatarsophalangeal joint of pedal digit 2, metatarsophalangeal joint of pedal digit 3 and metatarsophalangeal joint of pedal digit 4, and 2 more.
- subtype: metatarsal bone of digit 1, metatarsal bone of digit 2, metatarsal bone of digit 3, metatarsal bone of digit 4 and metatarsal bone of digit 5.
- contains: diaphysis of metatarsal bone, epiphysis of metatarsal bone and proximal epiphysis of metatarsal bone.
- originates from: interosseous muscle of pes.
- inserts into: tibialis anterior.
Questions
Where is the metatarsal bone?
It sits in the lower limb and foot, 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 connect to?
Part of: anatomical structure, appendage girdle complex, appendicular skeleton, autopod region, hindlimb and hindlimb skeleton, and 10 more.
Is the metatarsal bone 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.