The trabecular pattern of bones apart from proximal femur has not been studied with the study was undertaken to observe the trabecular pattern of talus to explain stress patterns in hind foot. The trabecular pattern of the talus was studied by obtaining, 5 mm coronal, transverse and Sagittal sections of 20 human cadaveric talar bones. The sections were subjected to gross examination with a magnifying glass and after obtaining radiograph of sections. The main feature was a group of trabeculae in the superior medial part of head of Talus and a second in the lateral part of body of the talus. There was a sparse zone running obliquely from lateral part of head of Talus into medial part of the body. It was also noted that these group of trabeculae were part of arching trabeculae from distal end of Tibia through head of talus into the navicular and through distal end of Tibia through the talus into the calcaneum respectively. It was concluded that the trabecular patterns reflect the stresses of movements at the ankle & subtalar joints and the pattern in the talus has to be viewed along with the patterns in distal tibia, calcaneum & navicular.
