| Ligament: Posterior talofibular ligament | ||
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| The ligaments of the foot from the lateral aspect. (Post. talofibular lig. labeled at center left.) | ||
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| Lateral view of the human ankle. (Posterior talofibular ligament labeled at bottom left.) | ||
| Latin | ligamentum talofibulare posterius | |
| Gray's | subject #95 351 | |
| From | talus bone | |
| To | fibula (lateral malleolus) | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12493261 | |
The posterior talofibular ligament, runs almost horizontally from the depression at the medial and back part of the fibular malleolus to a prominent tubercle on the posterior surface of the talus immediately lateral to the groove for the tendon of the flexor hallucis longus.
External links
- Posterior+talofibular+ligament at eMedicine Dictionary
- lljoints at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (posterioranklejoint)
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 As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.
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