Os trigonum. Variation of a common accessory ossicle of the talus

J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 1990 Oct;80(10):536-9. doi: 10.7547/87507315-80-10-536.

Abstract

The authors present a pictorial essay showing the range of variability of separate and attached os trigona in dry-bone specimens. The presence of free os trigona is found to be 1.7% in an early 20th-century skeletal sample, with no findings of the trait in 513 tali of prehistoric native Americans and Eskimos.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Talus / abnormalities
  • Talus / anatomy & histology*