Navicular bone

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Bones of the right foot. Dorsal surface.

In human anatomy, the navicular bone, also called scaphoid bone, is one of the tarsal bones of the mid-foot.[1]

Bones of the right foot. Plantar surface.

The posterior tibial tendon inserts onto the plantar surface of the navicular bone. Rupture or dysfunction of the posterior tibial tendon may cause adult flatfoot.[2]

References

  1. Gray, Henry David (1918). “6d. The Foot. 1. The Tarsus”, Anatomy of the human body, 20th edition. Bartleby.com. ISBN 1-58734-102-6. 
  2. Bluman EM, Myerson MS (June 2007). "Stage IV posterior tibial tendon rupture". Foot Ankle Clin 12 (2): 341–62, viii. DOI:10.1016/j.fcl.2007.03.004. PMID 17561206. Research Blogging.