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The longest Ligament found in the human body is the ligament of Plantaris. This muscle is relatively small and useless which makes this ligament even more usefull because it can be used to replace other ligaments if they are damaged. Plantaris attached from the bottom part od the femur (the Lateral Condyl tp be precise) and its lon tendon runs the entire length of the Leg (in anatomy the leg reffers only the the bottom part of the Lower Limb between the knee and the ankle) where it attaches to a tarsal bone called Calcaneous. The function of this muscle is therefore to Plantar Flex the Foot (pull it down) and a little to Flex the knee but there are several other much larger muscles that can easily take care of this so the removal of the ligament is not all that consequential.

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