Plantar calcaneocuboid ligament
The plantar calcaneocuboid ligament (short calcaneocuboid ligament; short plantar ligament) is a ligament on the bottom of the foot that connects the calcaneus to the cuboid bone. It lies deep to the long plantar ligament.
| Plantar calcaneocuboid ligament | |
|---|---|
 Ligaments of the sole of the foot, with the tendons of the Peronæus longus, Tibialis posterior and Tibialis anterior muscles. (Plantar calcaneocuboid labeled at center left.) | |
| Details | |
| From | calcaneus |
| To | cuboid |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ligamentum calcaneocuboideum plantare |
| TA98 | A03.6.10.518 |
| TA2 | 1940 |
| FMA | 44251 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Structure
The plantar calcaneocuboid ligament lies nearer to the bones than the long plantar ligament, from which it is separated by a little areolar tissue.
It is a short but wide band of great strength, and extends from the anterior tubercle of calcaneus and the depression in front of it, on the forepart of the plantar surface of the calcaneus, to the plantar surface of the cuboid posterior to the groove for the fibularis longus tendon.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 354 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- lljoints at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
- Image at gla.ac.uk