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talus
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one of the group of foot bones forming the lower part of the ankle joint
Key facts
- Latin
- os talus, astragalus
- Mesh
- D013628
- Ta98
- A02.5.10.001
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
8,766 papers- Management of Talus Fractures.Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery · 2024
- Talus bone: normal anatomy, anatomical variations and clinical correlations.Anatomical science international · 2023
- Osteochondral Injuries of the Talus.Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery · 2024
- [Osteochondral lesions of the talus].Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique · 2024
- Talus Fractures: All I need to know.Injury · 2021
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Encyclopedic overview
The talus (/ˈteɪləs/; Latin for ankle or ankle bone; pl.: tali), talus bone, astragalus (/əˈstræɡələs/), or ankle bone is one of the group of foot bones known as the tarsus. The tarsus forms the lower part of the ankle joint. It transmits the entire weight of the body from the lower legs to the foot.
The talus has joints with the two bones of the lower leg, the tibia and thinner fibula. These leg bones have two prominences (the lateral and medial malleoli) that articulate with the talus. At the foot end, within the tarsus, the talus articulates with the calcaneus (heel bone) below, and with the curved navicular bone in front; together, these foot articulations form the ball-and-socket-shaped talocalcaneonavicular joint.
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