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Talus
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Contents
Description
- General
- 60% to 70% covered in articular cartilage[1]
- No muscular attachments
- Articulates with capsuloligamentous restraints
- Anatomic components
- Body
- Trapezoidal
- Superior: convex talar dome
- Floor: concave surface
- Neck
- Anterior to body
- Head
- Convex, articulates with Navicular
- Supported by the Calcaneonavicular Ligament
- Lateral Process
- Posterior process
- Body
Actions
- Transfer load from the Tibia to the foot
Vascular Supply
- Contributions from[2]
- Tibial Artery
- Posterior Tibial Artery
- Perforating Peroneal Artery
- Dorsalis Pedis
- Artery of the tarsal sinus