Talk:Metatarsal bones

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Written like a medical textbook[edit]

This article could benefit from translation into more understandable English. Phrases like "ossa metatarsalia I.-V.," "presents for examination a body and two extremities," and "articular eminence continuous with the terminal articular surface" sound as if they were lifted directly from a rather advanced textbook. (Is there a template for tagging this in the article? I could not find one.) I think I can help a little bit but am pointing it out here, in case others want to take a stab at it before I get the time. Peter Chastain (talk) 17:03, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Substitute "joint" for "articulation" or explain "articulation"[edit]

Few modern English speakers know "articulation" means "joint" and this information is not readily available.

articulation The region where adjacent bones contact each other — a joint.

cf: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint

Compound Joint: 3 or more articulation surfaces (eg. radiocarpal joint) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.167.95.30 (talk) 01:13, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"articulation" doesn't mean "joint," it means "how a joint articulates" which is to say what degrees of freedom a particular joint has. Articulation is a concept people need to understand in order to understand joints (why is a shoulder joint so different from a knuckle, because of their different articulations) but the term does need to be better explained or at least linked. Whilom (talk) 05:54, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Needs "In other animals" section[edit]

Metacarpal, ulna, radius, scapula et al have "In other animals" section but this article does not. Whilom (talk) 05:54, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

analogous?[edit]

two structures are analogous when they have evolved independently a similar form related to their function. Metatarsals and metacarpals are similar because their development is control by they same processes, not because they have the same function. I think they have what it is called "serial homology". --163.10.65.54 (talk) 19:56, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"Knucklebone" redirect[edit]

Why does "knucklebone" redirect here?

Going by the dictionary, a "knucklebone" is:

"1 (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger. 2 (in quadrupeds) a bone homologous with a wrist, ankle, or finger bone of humans, or its knobbed end."

The "oxforddictionaries" site similarly defines a "knuckle" as:

"A part of a finger at a joint where the bone is near the surface, especially where the finger joins the hand.

   1.1 A projection of the carpal or tarsal joint of a quadruped.
   1.2 A joint of meat consisting of the knuckle of an animal together with the adjoining parts.
   ‘a knuckle of pork’"

That is, it seems to refer to a joint in the hands of humans, or similar structures (presumably including in feet) of animals--while this article seems to be about the feet of humans. 197.101.102.240 (talk) 20:16, 6 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]