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GISSANES ANGLE [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An angle formed by the posterior and middle facets of the calcaneus. Immediately above these facets is the process of the talus, which is so situated as to result in a wedge-type effect, causing many of the calcaneal fractures. [From OTSUR, 1986, p. 475.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Angle formé par la jonction du bord antérieur du thalamus et du plancher du sinus tarsien.

OBS

source d : EMSQU, 31030, A10, 1980, p. 1.

Spanish

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