Metatarsal 5 (right) — fifth metatarsal (little toe)

Function

Palpable along the foot's outer edge with its flared styloid base receiving the peroneus brevis tendon.

Landmarks

• Base
• Shaft
• Head
• Styloid process

Articulations (joints)

• Cuboid
• Adjacent metatarsals
• Proximal phalanx of the little toe (metatarsophalangeal joint)

Clinical relevance

Avulsion of the tuberosity by peroneus brevis ('pseudo-Jones'), the spiral shaft 'dancer's fracture', and the notorious Jones fracture at the metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction, prone to non-union.