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Calcaneus hillock

Calcaneus hillock [tuber calcanei – PNA (The anatomic nomenclature Parisian), BNA (The anatomic nomenclature Basel), JNA (The anatomic nomenclature Yenskaya); synonym: the calcaneal hillock] – represents the back part of a calcaneus terminating in a rough ledge; bears two shoots on a bottom surface – lateral and medial.

 
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