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Cuboid<br />

Description.—The right cuboid is preserved in UM 87990 (Table 4.22; Figs.<br />

4.36A, 4.37). It is a rectangular, cube-shaped bone. The majority of the proximal end for<br />

articulation with the calcaneum is flat, with a slight convexity. It faces ~58° lateral from<br />

proximal, relative to the distal facet, but has a dorsoventral axis that parallels the distal<br />

facet’s axis. The medial side of the proximal articular surface curves slightly distally.<br />

This medial portion thus faces medially. In the closest packed position between the<br />

calcaneum and cuboid, this medially-facing area does not contact the calcaneum but<br />

forms a continuation of the calcaneum’s distal sustentacular facet and would have<br />

contacted the astragalus. However, this change of surface orientation creates a strong<br />

convexity at the proximal peak of the bone and marks the point of contact with the<br />

plantar pit of the calcaneum (see above).<br />

There is a medially-facing facet for the navicular on the medial side of the bone.<br />

It is distal to and confluent with the proximal articular facet. Distal to and confluent with<br />

the navicular facet, there is a convex facet for the ectocuneiform. The tangent of its<br />

surface faces distomedially, and slightly dorsally. Distal to the ectocuneiform facet is a<br />

recessed non-articular area, leading up to the distal end of the bone. The dorsal surface of<br />

the cuboid is proximodistally concave and non-articular. In anterior view, the lateral<br />

surface is marked by a blunt, tubercle-like projection. This tubercle can be followed to<br />

the posterior surface where it serves to form the proximal boundary to a deep, broad<br />

mediolaterally-running groove for the peroneus longus muscle tendon. This groove has a<br />

greater girth medially than laterally. The distal articular surface is triangular in distal<br />

view. The facet has anterolateral, medial and posterior surfaces. The medial surface,<br />

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