They frequently occur at sites on the foot subjected to pressure, especially over the plantar aspect of the foot and metatarsal heads.
However, he was able to play only because someone had mended his metatarsal bone a few weeks earlier.
Steadily increasing pressure forces the toes and metatarsals against the metal protrusions, shredding the flesh of the toes and pulverizing their bones.
After the pelvis come the femur (thigh), patella, stifle joint, tibia, fibula, tarsal (hock) bone and joint, large metatarsal (cannon) and small metatarsal (splint) bones.
The metatarsal pads, preserved only in deeply imprinted footprints, are united in a single unit.
Similarly, weak dorsiflexors are overpowered by stronger plantarflexors, causing a plantarflexed first metatarsal and anterior pes cavus.
Additionally, several metatarsals were removed for radiocarbon dating and were returned to the site once testing was complete.
This is because the first metatarsal, behind the big toe, is short compared to the second metatarsal, next to it.
