ankle bone

collocation in English

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ankle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæŋ.kəl/us
/ˈæŋ.kəl/
the joint (= place where two bones are connected) between the foot and the leg, or the thin part of the leg just above ...
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bone
noun[C or U]
uk
/bəʊn/us
/boʊn/
any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up ...
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The calcaneum also has a facet that attaches to both the fibula bone of the leg and another tarsal, oranklebone.
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The incision is made behind theankleboneand then down towards but not as far as the bottom of foot.
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Pronation occurs when theanklebonemoves downward and towards the middle to create a more stable point of contact with the ground.
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When the muscles contract, the energy is first transferred into the stretched tendon which is wrapped around theanklebone.
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This arch stretches from the heel bone over the keystoneankleboneto the three medial metatarsals.
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It is very slender in build and shows the impression of the ascending process of the astragalus, anankleboneitself lost.
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The talus is also called the "anklebone".
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Its tarsus has a centrale, or ananklebonewhich articulates with the tibia.
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Karras was also hampered that season by a crackedanklebone.
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The lateral rays stretch over the cuboid bone to the heel bone and the medial rays over the three cuneiform bones and the navicular bone to theanklebone.
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As in most archosaurs, distinguishing features can be seen in the shape of the ankle bones.
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One of the upper row of ankle bones, the astragalus, moves with the tibia and fibula.
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They have distinctive downturned snouts and uniquely shaped ankle bones that distinguish them from other archosaurs.
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Long hind legs with elongated ankle bones and long toe bones make it possible for the mouse to leap and jump.
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The metatarsals of the foot were relatively short and fused to each other and to the lower ankle bones, forming a tarsometatarsus.
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Though the whale may have been primarily aquatic, the discovery of ankle bones lends to the idea that this fossil may have been a transition between sea-based and land-based mammals.
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