Posterior talofibular 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.)
Details
From	talus bone
To	fibula (lateral malleolus)
Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum talofibulare posterius
TA	A03.6.10.010
FMA	44084
	Anatomical terminology

The posterior talofibular ligament, runs almost horizontally from the malleolar fossa of the lateral malleolus of the fibula to a prominent tubercle on the posterior surface of the talus immediately lateral to the groove for the tendon of the flexor hallucis longus.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 351 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

lljoints at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (posterioranklejoint)

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