The cuboid bone is one of seven Tarsal bones. Distally, the Cuboid articulates with the fourth and fifth metatarsals, forming the fourth and fifth tarsometatarsal joints. Proximally, it articulates with the calcaneus, forming the calcaneocuboid joint. The medial surface of the bone articulates with both the lateral cuneiform bone and the navicular bone. Grays illustration of a human femur, a typically recognized bone. ... In tetrapods, the tarsi are the cluster of bones in the foot between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus. ... The metatarsus consists of the five long bones of the foot, which are numbered from the medial side (ossa metatarsalia I.-V.); each presents for examination a body and two extremities. ... The calcaneus is the large bone making up the heel of the human foot. ... There are three cuneiform bones in the human foot: the medial cuneiform, the intermediate cuneiform and the lateral cuneiform. ... The navicular bone (also called the navicular or scaphoid) is a small boat-shaped human bone of the tarsus. ...
The inferior surface has a groove on its distal third for the tendon of the peroneous longus muscle.
The square cuboid, square box or right square prism (also ambiguously called square prism) is a special case of the cuboid in which at least two faces are squares.
Cuboid shapes are often used for boxes, cupboards, rooms, buildings, etc. Equal cuboids can fill space without holes; compared with oblique shapes the volume is fairly large in relation to the surface area.
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