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Navicular stress fractures are a common foot injury in athletes and stress fractures tend to occur in athletes such as soccer players, Basketball, sprinters and high jumpers. However, even jogging can cause Navicular fractures. The pain is every so slight in the mid foot beyond the ankle or even over the Narvicular bone and the pain will get worse during activity. Swelling may occur. The Narvicular fracture can be sometimes be seen on x-ray, but usually needs a CT scan. A short leg cast and crutches helps to heal this problem, but some patients will require surgery.
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What is equine vernicular?
Equine Vernicular is a miss-spelling of Equine Navicular. Sometimes called navicular disease, navicular syndrome or simply navicular. It is a disease of the horse hoof involving the navicular bone and the deep flexor tendon. It is a very painful condition that causes extreme lameness in horses.
How many navicular bones does a horse have?
A horse has 4 navicular bones and they are located in the hoof
What part of the foot do the navicular form?
Navicular bone is on the inside top portion of the human foot.
Where will you find the cuboid and navicular bones?
In the foot
Where is the navicular bone in the horse body?
It is in the hoof.
What is The egg bar shoe?
This is an oval shaped shoe and is usually used on horses with pre-navicular and navicular disease. The frog is not supported, as the bar extends behind it
What is nevicular?
Navicular Disease is a soundness problem in horses, more accurately called "navicular syndrome" as opposed to "disease." It most commonly describes an inflammation or degeneration of the navicular bone and its surrounding tissues, usually on the front feet. It can lead to significant and even disabling lameness.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navicular_disease
What is the function of the navicular bone in the ankle?
Navicular bone is situated on the medial side of foot. The function of the navicular bone is to distribute the weight of the body evenly through the bones in the foot. Arteries running through the foot are also held together by these bones.
What is a bone that begins with the letter N?
nebula? navicular
What African animal has navicular foot bones?
The Zebra
Which bone articulates distally with the talus in the foot?
navicular
Why is calcanaeous and navicular surgery needed?
Most often when the navicular in displaced or broken into multiple pieces. Often, calcaneous fractures require surgery. Susan RN, surgery floor
