Posterior tibiofibular ligament
| Ligament: Posterior tibiofibular ligament |
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| The ligaments of the foot from the lateral aspect. (Post. lat. malleol. lig. labeled at center left.) |
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| Lateral view of the human ankle |
| Latin |
ligamentum tibiofibulare posterius, ligamentum malleoli lateralis posterius |
| Gray's |
subject #94 348 |
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| Dorlands/Elsevier |
l_09/12493388 |
The posterior ligament of the lateral malleolus (posterior tibiofibular ligament, posterior inferior ligament). It is smaller than the anterior ligament of the lateral malleolus and is disposed in a similar manner on the posterior surface of the syndesmosis.
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