Boat-shaped, like the bow of a pirogue or canoe.<\/p>\n
Relating to a navicular bone.<\/p>\n
Largest of the proximal row of wrist bones on the thumb side; it is boat-shaped and often fractured in young adults. The usual cause is a fall on the out-stretched hand, or some type of twisting, violent motion involving the wrist (e.g., kickback from the starting handle of a motor or pulling from a horse\u2019s rope). Navicular fractures may be difficult to see on X rays. Also called scaphoid bone. A similarly named bone is found in the foot at the base of the great toe. Navicular fractures, even when properly treated, may result m death of the broken bone (avascular necrosis) due to its perilous blood supply.<\/p>\n
Bones of the wrist and ankle that are shaped like a boat.<\/p>\n
Describing the scaphoid bone, which is a bone shaped like a boat found in the hand or foot.<\/p>\n
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Boat-shaped, like the bow of a pirogue or canoe. Relating to a navicular bone. Largest of the proximal row of wrist bones on the thumb side; it is boat-shaped and often fractured in young adults. The usual cause is a fall on the out-stretched hand, or some type of twisting, violent motion involving the wrist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-n"],"yoast_head":"\n