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[[File:Foot accessory navicular CLINICAL ANATOMY 1 anat01.jpg|thumb|Navicular Bone]]
[[File:Foot accessory navicular CLINICAL ANATOMY 1 anat01.jpg|thumb|Navicular Bone]]


Its name derives from the human bone's resemblance to a small boat. It articulates proximally with the talus. Distally it articulates with the three cuneiform bones. In some individuals it also articulates laterally with the cuboid.
Its name '''(''os naviculare pedis; scaphoid bone'')''' derives from the human bone's resemblance to a small boat. It articulates with ''four'' bones: the talus and the three cuneiforms; occasionally with a fifth, the cuboid.
[[File:Navicular Bone Articulation.gif|thumb|The left navicular. Antero-lateral view.]]
[[File:Navicular bone articulation PM.gif|thumb|The left navicular. Postero-medial view.]]


=== CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANATOMY ===





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INTRODUCTION[edit | edit source]

The Navicular is an intermediate tarsal bone on the medial side of the foot[1].

Navicular Bone

Its name (os naviculare pedis; scaphoid bone) derives from the human bone's resemblance to a small boat. It articulates with four bones: the talus and the three cuneiforms; occasionally with a fifth, the cuboid.

The left navicular. Antero-lateral view.
The left navicular. Postero-medial view.

CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANATOMY[edit | edit source]

REFERENCES[edit | edit source]

  1. D.Richard, V.Wayne, M. Adam, Gray’s Anatomy for Students. Spain: Elsevier Publishers, 2005