Calcaneofibular ligament

Calcaneofibular ligament
The ligaments of the foot from the lateral aspect. (Label for Calcaneofibular ligament is at bottom left.)
Lateral view of the human ankle
Details
From	calcaneus
To	fibula (lateral malleolus)
Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum calcaneofibulare
TA	A03.6.10.011
FMA	44089
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The calcaneofibular ligament is a narrow, rounded cord, running from the tip of the lateral malleolus of the fibula downward and slightly backward to a tubercle on the lateral surface of the calcaneus. It is part of the lateral collateral ligament, which opposes the hyperinversion of the subtalar joint, as in a common type of ankle sprain.^[1]

It is covered by the tendons of the fibularis longus and brevis muscles.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

1. Moore KL, Dalley AF, Agur AM (2013). Clinically Oriented Anatomy (7th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 978-1-4511-8447-1.

External links

• Calcaneofibular_ligament at the Duke University Health System's Orthopedics program
• sports/14 at eMedicine—Calcaneofibular ligament injury
• lljoints at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (posterioranklejoint)
• Anatomy figure: 17:10-05 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center