cuboid's Usage Examples:

Union of the navicular and cuboid, and sometimes the ectocuneiform bone, of the tarsus.

'Union of the navicular and cuboid, and sometimes the ectocuneiform bone, of the tarsus.

"The trapezoid and magnum of the carpus, and the cuboid and navicular of the tarsus are distinct.

The astragalus has a pulley-like surface above for articulation into the tibia, but its lower surface is flattened and unites to a much greater extent with the navicular than with the cuboid, which bone is of comparatively less importance than in the Artiodactyles.

In the fore-limb the upper and lower series of carpal bones scarcely alternate, but in the hindfootthe astragalus overlaps the cuboid, while the fibula, which is quite distinct from the tibia(as is the radius from the ulna in the fore-limb), articulates with both astragalus and calcaneum.

Lower articular surface of the astragalus divided into two nearly equal facets, one for the navicular and a second for the cuboid bone.

Although the brain is relatively larger, the bones of the limbs, especially the short, five-toed feet, approximate to those of the Amblypoda and Proboscidea; but in the articulation of the astragalus with both the navicular and cuboid Arsinoitherium is nearer the former than the latter group.

The trapezoid and magnum of the carpus, and the cuboid and navicular of the tarsus are distinct.

N T avicular and cuboid bones of tarsus distinct.

The cuboid is small, and the internal and middle cuneiform bones are small and united together.

A few barrel weights are found at Karnak, and several egg-shaped shekel weights at Gebelen (44); also two cuboid weights from there (44) of 1 and 10 utens are marked as 6 and 60, which can hardly refer to any unit but the heavy shekel, giving 245.

The astragalus has a large flat articular surface in front for the navicular, and a small one for the cuboid.

I A), and never fuse into a complete cannon-bone;, and the navicular and cuboid bones of the tarsus are separate.

Synonyms:

cubical, cuboidal, cubiform, cubelike, cube-shaped, three-dimensional, cubic,

Antonyms:

rectilinear, collinear, unidimensional, planar, linear,