THE TALUS. 



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surface of the lateral malleolus. The distal angle of this area is prominent and 



somewhat everted, and sometimes referred to as the processus lateralis tali (lateral 



process). The medial aspect of the body has a comma -shaped facet, confluent 



with the dorsal articular surface, over the medial edge of the trochlea ; this 



CALCAKEUS 



Surface of talus 



for articulation 



with fibula 



CUBOID 



Surface of talus for 

 articulation with tibia 



NAVICULAR 

 THIRD 



V. METATARSAL . _ 



SECOND I CUNEIFORMS 

 FIRST J 



I. METATARSAL 



SESAMOID BONE 



THIRD OR TERMINAL PHALANX 

 FIG. 254. DORSAL SURFACE OF THE BONES OF THE EIGHT FOOT. 



articulates with the lateral surface of the medial malleolus. Below this facet 

 the bone is rough and pitted by numerous small openings, and just below the tail 

 of the comma there is a circular impression for the attachment of the deep fibres 

 of the deltoid ligament (talo-tibial fibres). On the plantar surface of the body 

 there is a deep concave facet, called the posterior calcanean facet (facies calcanea 



