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Tarsal Navicular Wheeless

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Description: Navicular joins in front with medial, intermediate, & lateral cuneiform bones, which articulate anteriorly with first, second, and third metatarsals;
- navicular provides insertion for tibialis posterior;
- blood supply to the navicular bone is radial and extraarticular & is subject to loss both at time of injury & at time of surgical treatment;
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Language: English

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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
Last Modified: Thu Jan 24 2008