Crossword-Solution: CAVUS 5 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

This photograph shows well the characteristics of the Chinese foot--the prominent and vertically placed heel, which is raised generally about an inch from the level of the great toe; the sharp artificial cavus, produced by the altered position of the os calcis, and the downward deflection of the foot in front of the mediotarsal joint; the straight and downward pointing great toe, and the infolding of the smaller toes underneath the great toe.

When the equinus is corrected, the excessive arching of the foot (pes cavus) and the clawing of the toes usually disappear, but it may be necessary to lengthen the flexor tendons, especially that of the great toe, and also the plantar fascia.

The deformity presents a combination of the hollow foot--pes cavus--with pes calcaneus, and resembles that of a Chinese lady's foot.

Jones gets rid of the cavus deformity by resecting a wedge with its base towards the dorsum from the middle of the tarsus; the foot is then placed in a position of extreme calcaneus, the dorsum coming into contact with the front of the leg.

These tributaries are generally called in France _Gaves_,[1] and in some parts on the Spanish side _Gabas_; but _Gav_ signifies a “river,” and may be traced in our _Avon_; and Humboldt derives it from the Basque _Gav_, a “hollow or ravine;” cavus.