In the third game of his second NBA season, he had landed awkwardly on his left foot and broke the navicular tarsal bone in front of his outer ankle.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
It was discovered that he had rebroken the same tarsal navicular bone.
From the time.com
Yao suffered a hairline fracture of the tarsal navicular bone late in a May 8 playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The previous injury, which required massive reconstructive surgery in July 2009, was to the tarsal navicular bone at the top of the ankle.
From the chron.com
Team doctors believe the injury is related to the fractured tarsal navicular bone, which Yao suffered in the 2009 playoffs, an injury that caused him to miss the 2009-10 season.
From the chron.com
A bone in his foot, called the tarsal scaphoid, started to deform, causing intense pain.
From the keepingscore.blogs.time.com
The base of each metatarsal bone articulates with one or more of the tarsal bones at the tarsometatarsal joints, and the head with one of the first row of phalanges at the metatarsophalangeal joints.