Tarsometatarsal joints
The tarsometatarsal joints (Lisfranc joints) are arthrodial joints in the foot. The tarsometatarsal joints involve the first, second and third cuneiform bones, the cuboid bone and the metatarsal bones. The eponym of Lisfranc joint is 18th–19th-century surgeon and gynecologist Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin.
| Tarsometatarsal joints | |
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Bones of the right foot; tarsometatarsal joints highlighted in an orange box | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | articulationes tarsometatarseae |
| TA98 | A03.6.10.601 |
| TA2 | 1955 |
| FMA | 35216 71354, 35216 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
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