The heel bone is more properly known as the:

a. talus.

b. navicular

c. cuboid

d. calcaneus.

Video transcript

Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question together, the bone that is connected to the heel bones and works as a hinge between the tibia and fibula is called, what is it? Answer choice. A the Calcaneus answer choice. B the talus, answer choice. C the medial cuneiform or answer choice. D the lateral cuneiform. Let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following answer choices is that bone connected to the heel bones, which works as a hinge between the tibia and the fibula. So in order to solve this question, we have to recall what we have learned about the heel bones, which we know that another name for the heel bones is the Calcaneus as well as the tibia and the fibula, which we know that the tibia and fibula are the lower leg bones. So we are looking for a bone that is connected to the Calcaneus and works as a hinge between the lower leg bones. And we know that we are talking about a torso bone that forms part of the ankle joint as well as it connects the lower leg bones to the foot bones and the name for that bone is the talus. So answer choice. B talus is the correct answer. Since the talus is that tarsal bone, which forms part of the ankle joint, connecting the lower leg bones, which are the tibia and the fibula to the bones of the foot. So answer choice B is the only correct answer choice. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.