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Navicular bone

The navicular bone (also called the navicular or scaphoid) is a small boat-shaped human bone of the tarsus. It is found on the medial side of the foot jointed with the talus, the three cuneiform bones, and occasionally the cuboid.


The navicular bone is a small boat-shaped human bone in the carpus (the wrist).

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