Dr. Trepal explains that the foot contains five metatarsal bones, one behind each of the toes.
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Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had feared Gibbs, 20, had suffered his second broken metatarsal bone in a year.
Few people had heard of the metatarsal bone before Beckham broke his - then everyone was at it.
Meanwhile, Wayne was taken to hospital where an X-ray revealed a broken metatarsal.
Owen, 26, has been out since New Year's Eve when he fractured a metatarsal against Spurs at White Hart Lane.
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He has been plagued by injuries in recent seasons, suffering with groin, ankle, thigh, hernia, metatarsal and knee ligament problems.
Harlequins winger David Strettle may have been next in line to replace Simpson-Daniel but he is recovering from a broken metatarsal.
The combative 28-year-old, South Africa's top bowler in the Test series with 14 wickets, has a severe stress reaction in the second metatarsal.
It comes two days after midfielder Joey Barton, 26, was sidelined for up to 10 weeks after breaking the fifth metatarsal in his right foot.
The main sign of the condition is the big toe pointing towards the other toes, which forces out the bone attached to it - the first metatarsal.
And 36-year-old Shaw, who is recovering from a broken metatarsal and hoping to be back for the last Test, thinks the standard of rugby is also suffering.
"It's my fifth metatarsal, " said the former Derry City winger.
The most frequent procedure to correct the angular deformity is an osteotomy, or a bone cut at either the front, middle or back portion of the first metatarsal bone.
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This procedure involves cutting the front portion of the first metatarsal in a V-shape, moving the bone and holding the sections together with a fixation device, such as screws.
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The most serious bunions are treated with a joint-fusion surgical procedure known as a lapidus bunionectomy, in which the first metatarsal and the next bone back, a cuneiform, are fused together.
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He was at the Prostar Stadium last season until picking up a metatarsal injury, and was allowed to return this season - initially for a month, but that has been extended to January.
Four years later he was not fully fit after suffering a broken metatarsal in his foot in the build-up as England went out to 10-man Brazil in the quarter-finals in Japan and South Korea.
One of the simplest procedures, with a relatively short recovery time, is called an exostectomy, in which the bump on the head of the first metatarsal is thinned or shaved off with a surgical saw.
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McGinn, 22, is currently recovering from a broken metatarsal, for which he required surgery, and is hoping to get fit in time to take part in Neil Lennon's first full season in charge as Celtic manager.
Van Persie's career in north London has been interrupted by a succession of injuries - he broke a toe in January 2006, fractured a metatarsal in January 2007 and damaged a knee on international duty in October 2007.
Even though he is available on a free transfer his time on Tyneside has been plagued by injury problems, including a broken metatarsal bone, knee ligament damage sustained at the 2006 World Cup, a double hernia operation and a thigh problem.
The Knicks are still without several other key big men, such as Amar'e Stoudemire (right knee debridement), Marcus Camby (left plantar fasciitis), Rasheed Wallace (fractured let fifth metatarsal) and Kurt Thomas (right foot acute stress reaction), which is why Woodson has had to rely more on the 6-foot-10 Novak and 6-foot-8 Copeland, who aren't nearly as capable defensively.
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