Joints & ligaments
Popliteofibular ligament
Ligamentum popliteofibulare
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Knee joint
DescriptionUnreviewed
The popliteofibular ligament (PFL) connects the popliteus muscle at the musculotendinous junction to the posterior and medial portion of the fibular styloid.
It has two divisions, anterior and posterior, and acts to stabilize the knee during external rotation.
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Names
- Latin
- Ligamentum popliteofibulare
- English
- Popliteofibular ligament
- French
- Ligament poplitéofibulaire
- Spanish
- Ligamento poplíteofibular
- Portuguese
- Ligamento popliteofibular
In the same group
- Anterior cruciate ligament
- Anterior meniscotibial ligament (Lateral meniscus)
- Anterior meniscotibial ligament (Medial meniscus)
- Arcuate popliteal ligament
- Articular capsule of knee joint
- Deep part of tibial collateral ligament
- Fibular collateral ligament
- Infrapatellar fat pad
- Lateral meniscus
- Medial meniscus
- Meniscopatellar ligament
- Oblique popliteal ligament
- Posterior cruciate ligament
- Posterior meniscotibial ligament (Lateral meniscus)
- Posterior meniscotibial ligament (Medial meniscus)
- Superficial part of tibial collateral ligament
- Transverse ligament of knee