Posterior tibiofibular 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.) | |
Lateral view of the human ankle | |
Details | |
Latin | ligamentum tibiofibulare posterius, ligamentum malleoli lateralis posterius |
Identifiers | |
Gray's | p.348 |
Dorlands /Elsevier | l_09/12493388 |
TA | A03.6.05.004 |
FMA | 76853 |
Anatomical terminology |
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.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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