Plantar ligament
Plantar ligament refer to ligaments in the sole of the foot:
- Plantar plates, fibrocartilaginous structures in the metatarsophalangeal and interphalangeal joints of the toes.
- One of several tarsal, metatarsal, and tarsometatarsal ligaments:
- Long plantar ligament, that connects the calcaneus with the cuboid bone
- Plantar calcaneocuboid ligament, deep to previous
- Plantar calcaneonavicular ligament, that connects the calcaneus with the navicular bone
- Plantar cuneonavicular ligaments, that connect the navicular bone with adjacent cuneiform bones
- Plantar intercuneiform ligaments, between the cuneiform bones
- Plantar cuboideonavicular ligament, that connects the cuboid with the navicular bone
- Plantar cuneocuboid ligament, that connects the cuboid with the cuneiform bones
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