Human Anatomy Part 1 - K. A. Dyubenko, A. K. Kolomiytsev, Yu. B. Chaykovsky 2002

Special Part
Bones of the Foot
Tarsal Bones - Talus

The talus, os talus (see Fig. 70A), is the only tarsal bone that articulates with the BONES OF THE leg. It acts as the largest skeletal meniscus between the crural bones and the FOOT (P. F. Lesgaft). It consists of a body, corpus tali, a neck, collum tali, and a HEAD, caput tali [talare]. The superior surface of the talar body bears an articular surface known as the trochlea of the talus, trochlea tali, while its lateral surfaces feature the medial and lateral malleolar surfaces, facies malleolaris medialis et lateralis. The head of the talus presents a navicular articular surface, facies articularis navicularis, for articulation with the navicular bone. On the posterior part of the talar body, just behind the trochlea, lies the talar process, processus tali, which is divided by the groove for the tendon of the flexor hallucis longus into a medial tubercle, tuberculum mediale, and a lateral tubercle, tuberculum laterale.

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Fig. 69. Bones of the leg (Continued):

C – Tibia (lateral view); D – Fibula (posterior view)



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