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Encyclopedia > Talus

Talus (which is Latin for ankle-bone) may refer to: Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...

  • The talus bone, a bone connecting the leg to the foot
  • Talos, a rock-throwing giant made of bronze in Greek mythology
  • A sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
  • Scree, small broken rock found on mountain slopes and at the base of cliffs
  • Talus, in architecture, the slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top, to resist the pressure of the earth behind it.
  • Talus, a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe
  • The Tallus, a device employed in the Marvel comic book Exiles
  • Talus was also a rock band of which Glenn Danzig was a member, prior to starting The Misfits

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Orthopaedic Journal (5384 words)
The forefoot is in rigid adduction, and the heel is in valgus.
The talus and calcaneus are in equinus, and the navicular is subluxed medially on the talar head and abuts against the anterior medial malleolus.
The vertical talus lies parallel to the anatomic axis of the tibia, and the calcaneus is in equinus angulation.
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