Orthopaedics · Skeletal System · Medium

Navicular

Meaning: A boat-shaped tarsal bone on the inner side of the midfoot, between the talus and the cuneiforms.

In practice: Stress fractures of the navicular are notoriously slow to heal in sprinters and jumpers.

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