Joints & ligaments
Posterior talocalcaneal ligament
Ligamentum talocalcaneum posterius
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Lower limb, Foot
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Intertarsal joints
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior talocalcaneal ligament (posterior calcaneo-astragaloid ligament) connects the lateral tubercle of the talus with the upper and medial part of the calcaneus; it is a short band, and its fibers radiate from their narrow attachment to the talus.
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Names
- Latin
- Ligamentum talocalcaneum posterius
- English
- Posterior talocalcaneal ligament
- French
- Ligament talocalcanéen latéral
- Spanish
- Ligamento talocalcáneo posterior
- Portuguese
- Ligamento talocalcâneo posterior
In the same group
- Anterior talocalcaneal ligament
- Calcaneocuboid ligament
- Calcaneonavicular ligament
- Cuneocuboid interosseous ligament
- Dorsal calcaneocuboid ligament
- Dorsal cuboideonavicular ligament
- Dorsal cuneocuboid ligament
- Dorsal cuneonavicular ligaments
- Dorsal intercuneiform ligaments
- Intercuneiform interosseous ligaments
- Lateral talocalcaneal ligament
- Long plantar ligament
- Medial talocalcaneal ligament
- Plantar calcaneocuboid ligament
- Plantar calcaneonavicular ligament
- Plantar cuboideonavicular ligament
- Plantar cuneocuboid ligament
- Plantar cuneonavicular ligaments
- Plantar intercuneiform ligaments
- Talocalcaneal interosseous ligament
- Talonavicular ligament