Facets for talus on dorsal surface of human calcamei

ABSTRACT

To find out the racial and regional diffences of articular facets on the dorsal surface of OS-Calcis of Pakistani's of Punjab. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All the OS calcis [93] present in the bone bank of department of Anatomy Punjab Medical College Faisalabad were studied macroscopically with the hand lens. Type A = Calcanei with two anterior articular facets; Type B=Calcanei with single anterior articular facets; Type C=Anterior and posterior articular facets confluent. We found 27.95% [26 cases] type A calcanei and 72.04% [67 cases] type B calcanei. No calcanei of type C were seen. Variations of facets for talus on dorsal surface of calcanei are due to racial and regional differences