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The term navicular bone or hand navicular bone was formerly used for the scaphoid bone, [1] one of the carpal bones of the wrist. The navicular bone in humans is located on the medial side of the foot, and articulates proximally with the talus, distally with the three cuneiform bones, and laterally with the cuboid.
The navicular, deriving its name from its boat–like shape, is a small but critical bone. It connects the ankle with the bones of the foot. It articulates with five tarsal bones (talus, cuboid, and three cuneiform bones) forming slightly mobile syndesmotic joints and has a significant function in
An accessory navicular bone is an accessory bone of the foot that occasionally develops abnormally in front of the ankle towards the inside of the foot. This bone may be present in approximately 2-21% of the general population and is usually asymptomatic. [1] [2] [3] When it is symptomatic, surgery may be necessary.
I had an extra bone in my foot called an accessory navicular. I had to get it removed because of the pain is was causing me while walking. Apparently like 5% of the world has it or gets it taken out.
A Lisfranc injury, also known as Lisfranc fracture, is an injury of the foot in which one or more of the metatarsal bones are displaced from the tarsus. [1] [2]The injury is named after Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin, a French surgeon and gynecologist who noticed this fracture pattern amongst cavalrymen in 1815, after the War of the Sixth Coalition.
Turf toe is a sprain of the joint between the base of the big toe and the foot bone (metatarsal) it attaches to, and got its name from this injury becoming more common when athletes starting ...
The anteater nose sign is a radiologic sign characterized by a tubular extension of the anterior process of the calcaneus bone that either extends towards or overlaps the navicular bone. This sign indicates the presence of a calcaneonavicular tarsal coalition, which is an inherited congenital malformation of the foot. In this condition, there ...
The cuneonavicular joint is a joint (articulation) in the human foot. It is formed between the navicular bone and the three cuneiform bones. The navicular and cuneiform bones are connected by dorsal and plantar ligaments.