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What is a calcaneus?

What is a calcaneus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The large bone making up the heel of the human foot, the heel bone.
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The second specimen sustained a comminuted vertical sustentaculum tali fracture of the calcaneus involving the posterior and middle facets.
Canids larger than a coyote are represented by four cervical vertebrae, one rib fragment, long bone fragments, one calcaneus, and one metacarpal.
The pressure-sensitive foot switches were secured to the calcaneus and to the first ray on the plantar surface of the foot.
In some cases the two heads of gastrocnemius may be unjoined until their insertion onto the calcaneus and with separation from soleus.
In this procedure, the proximal part of the peroneus brevis tendon is routed through the calcaneus and attached to the distal fibula.
Some patients may present with tendinopathy at the insertion of the Achilles tendon on the calcaneus.

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