Boatswain of the Royal Navy, c. 1820. The word boatswain has been in the English language since approximately 1450. It is derived from late Old English batswegen, from bat (boat) concatenated with Old Norse sveinn (swain), meaning a young man, apprentice, a follower, retainer or servant.
The talus bone (/ËteÉªlÉs/ ; Latin for ankle), astragalus /ÉËstraeÉ¡ÉlÉs/ , ÉËstrÃ¦É¡ÉlÉs or ankle bone is one of the group of foot bones known as the. Tarsus the tarsus forms the lower part of the ankle joint through its articulations with the lateral and medial malleoli of the two bones of the lower, leg the tibia and. fibula
The talus is the most superior of the tarsal bones. It has three articulations: 1  Superiorly: Ankle joint â between the talus and the bones of the leg (the tibia and fibula). 2  Inferiorly: Subtalar joint â between the talus and calcaneus.he bones of the foot can be divided into three categories: 1  Tarsals â A set of seven irregularly shaped bones. 2  Metatarsals â These bones connect the phalanges to the tarsals. 3  Phalanges â The bones of the toes.