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
Talus: small bone that rests between the heel bone and the tibia and fibula. The MOR foot and ankle specialists classify ankle fractures based on the area of the bone that is broken. Fractures are classified by the name of the bone that is fractured or the number bones fractured if there is more than one.alus: small bone that rests between the heel bone and the tibia and fibula. The MOR foot and ankle specialists classify ankle fractures based on the area of the bone that is broken. Fractures are classified by the name of the bone that is fractured or the number bones fractured if there is more than one.