TALUS SECOND LARGEST TARSAL BONE LIES B/W THE TIBIA ABOVE & THE CALCANEUM BELOW, GRIPPED ON THE SIDES BY THE TWO MALLEOLI FEATURES: HEAD NECK BODY
SIDE DETERMINATION ROUNDED HEAD IS DIRECTED FORWARDS THE TROCHLEAR ARTICULAR SURFACE OF THE BODY IS DIRECTED UPWARDS AND THE CONCAVE ARTICULAR SURFACE DOWNWARDS THE BODY BEARS A LARGE TRIANGULAR FACET LATERALLY, AND A COMMA-SHAPED FACET MEDIALLY
BODY CUBOIDAL IN SHAPE HAS 5 SURFACES: SUPERIOR INFERIOR MEDIAL LATERAL POSTERIOR
CALCANEUM LARGEST TARSAL BONE FORMS PROMINENCE OF THE HEEL ITS LONG AXIS IS DIRECTED FORWARS, UPWARDS AND LATERALLY IT IS ROUGHLY CUBOIDAL HAS 6 SURFACES: ANTERIOR POSTERIOR DORSAL/SUPERIOR PLANTAR LATERAL MEDIAL