BoneShort bone
Navicular
Latin: Os naviculare sinistrum
Location: Foot — medial midfoot
Paired structure: one on the left and one on the right side of the body.
View the navicular in 3DFunction
The midfoot's beached boat — its tuberosity is the tibialis posterior's anchor, holding up the medial arch against collapse.
Landmarks
- Tuberosity (tibialis posterior insertion)
- Articular surfaces
Articulations (joints)
- Talus head (talonavicular)
- Three cuneiforms
- Cuboid (variable)
Clinical relevance
Navicular stress fractures afflict sprinters and are notoriously delayed in healing because the bone's central third is poorly perfused.
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