Landmark · Skeletal system
Posterior calcaneal articular facet
Facies articularis calcanea posterior
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb, Foot
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Talus
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior calcaneal articular surface is large and of an oval or oblong form.
It articulates with the corresponding facet on the upper surface of the calcaneus, and is deeply concave in the direction of its long axis which runs forward and lateralward at an angle of about 45° with the median plane of the body.
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Names
- Latin
- Facies articularis calcanea posterior
- English
- Posterior calcaneal articular facet
- French
- Surface articulaire calcanéenne postérieure
- Spanish
- Cara articular calcánea posterior
- Portuguese
- Faceta articular do calcâneo posterior