| Ligament: Calcaneofibular ligament | ||
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| The ligaments of the foot from the lateral aspect. (Label for Calcaneofibular ligament is at bottom left.) | ||
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| Lateral view of the human ankle | ||
| Latin | ligamentum calcaneofibulare | |
| Gray's | subject #95 351 | |
| From | calcaneus | |
| To | fibula (lateral malleolus) | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12491729 | |
The calcaneofibular ligament is a narrow, rounded cord, running from the apex of the fibular malleolus downward and slightly backward to a tubercle on the lateral surface of the calcaneus.
It is covered by the tendons of the Peronæi longus and brevis.
External links
- Duke Orthopedics calcaneofibular_ligament
- sports/14 at eMedicine -- Calcaneofibular ligament injury
- lljoints at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (posterioranklejoint)
- SUNY Figs 17:10-05
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.
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