Joints & ligaments
Posterior ligament of fibular head
Ligamentum posterius capitis fibulae
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Superior tibiofibular joint
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior ligament of the head of the fibula is a part of the knee.
It is a single thick and broad band, which passes obliquely upward from the back of the head of the fibula to the back of the lateral condyle of the tibia.
It is covered by the tendon of the Popliteus.
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Names
- Latin
- Ligamentum posterius capitis fibulae
- English
- Posterior ligament of fibular head
- French
- Ligament postérieur de la tête fibullaire
- Spanish
- Ligamento posterior de la cabeza de la fibula
- Portuguese
- Ligamento posterior da cabeça da fíbula