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The statement is true. The metatarsophalangeal joints occur where the phalanges meet the metatarsals.

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What does the phalanges articulate with?

It depends on the phalanges in question. The distal phalanges in the four fingers and toes articulate with the intermediate phalanges. The intermediate phalanges articulate with the proximal phalanges and the proximal phalanges articulate with the metacarpals of the hand and the metatarsals of the toes. The same is true for the thumb and big toe except that neither one has an intermediate phalanges.


Are the phalanges distal to the metatarsals?

The phalanges, or toe bones, are distal to the metatarsals. They are farther away from the origin of the lower limb.


Which bone articulate with metatarsal bones?

Distal to the metatarsals are the phalanges. The great toe (hallux) has two phalanges where as all of the other toes have three each. The proximal phalanges attach the the metatarsals via the metatarsal phalangeal joints. Proximal to the metatarsals are the tarsals. The first, second, and third cuneiforms articulate with the first, second and third metatarsals. The fourth metatarsal articulates with the cuboid and the head of the fifth metatarsal is its own projection that can be felt on the lateral foot.


What are the metatarsals connected to?

The metatarsals are the bones in the feet that are between the ankle bones (the tarsals) and the toes (the phalanges).


What are metatarsals connected to?

The metatarsals are the bones in the feet that are between the ankle bones (the tarsals) and the toes (the phalanges).


What the metatarsals connected to?

The metatarsals are the bones in the feet that are between the ankle bones (the tarsals) and the toes (the phalanges).


Are the metatarsals are connected to the phalanges?

Yes, but only in the feet.


Are Metatarsals and Phalanges the same thing?

No, the metatarsals are the bones of the instep, or foot. The phlanges are the toes and their connecting bones.


What is between phlanges and tarsals?

The metatarsals can be found between the phalanges and tarsals.


What bones are used in football?

phalanges, metatarsals, patella,


What Bones are present in both the hand and the foot?

The human hand has 27 bones: the carpus or wrist account for 8; the metacarpals or palm contains five; the remaining fourteen are digital bones; fingers and thumb. The human foot has 26 bones in the hind-foot, the mid-foot, and the forefoot.


What is the common name of the fibula femur metatarsals phalanges?

The bones of the leg.