navicular
Pronunciation: nă-vik′yū-lăr
Definition: Flattened, medially placed tarsal bone, concave on its posterior surface to accommodate the head of the talus, and convex on its anterior surface to articulate with the three cuneiform bones.
Synonym(s): os naviculareTA, central bone of ankle, navicular (bone), os centrale tarsi
[L. navicularis, relating to shipping]
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