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Shaft or body of metatarsal ...
Other Terms: Shaft of metatarsal bone, Metatarsal bone diaphysis
Description
The shaft forms the central portion or body of the bone. The shaft is thick and prismatic in shape. It has a longitudinally concave plantar surface for the attachment of interosseous muscles.
Etymology
The word shaft comes from the Old Teutonic skafto meaning a long slender rod.
