Posterior talofibular ligament

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Ligament: Posterior talofibular ligament
The ligaments of the foot from the lateral aspect. (Post. talofibular lig. labeled at center left.)
Lateral view of the human ankle. (Posterior talofibular ligament labeled at bottom left.)
Latin	ligamentum talofibulare posterius
Gray's	subject #95 351
From	talus bone
To	fibula (lateral malleolus)
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_09/12493261

The posterior talofibular ligament, runs almost horizontally from the depression at the medial and back part of the fibular malleolus to a prominent tubercle on the posterior surface of the talus immediately lateral to the groove for the tendon of the flexor hallucis longus.

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• Posterior+talofibular+ligament at eMedicine Dictionary
• Norman/Georgetown lljoints (posterioranklejoint)

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