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Posterior talofibular ligament
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| 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.
- Dictionary at eMedicine Posterior+talofibular+ligament
- Norman/Georgetown lljoints (posterioranklejoint)
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knee-joint: patellar - popliteal (oblique, arcuate) - collateral (medial/tibial, fibular) - cruciate (anterior, posterior) - menisci (medial, lateral) talocrural/ankle: deltoid - external lateral of the ankle-joint (anterior talofibular - posterior talofibular - calcaneofibular) intertarsal-subtalar/talocalcaneal: anterior talocalcaneal - posterior talocalcaneal - lateral talocalcaneal - medial talocalcaneal - interosseous talocalcaneal intertarsal-talocalcaneonavicular: dorsal talonavicular intertarsal-calcaneocuboid: dorsal calcaneocuboid - bifurcated - long plantar - plantar calcaneocuboid intertarsal-transverse tarsal: plantar calcaneonavicular/spring cuneonavicular, cuboideonavicular, intercuneiform and cuneocuboid, tarsometatarsal/Lisfranc, intermetatarsal, metatarsophalangeal, interphalangeal |
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