Plantar calcaneocuboid ligament
Ligamentum calcaneocuboideum plantare
- Synonym: Short plantar ligament
- Acronym: SPL
- Related terms: Plantar calcaneocuboid ligament; Short plantar ligament
Definition
The plantar calcaneocuboid ligament (short calcaneocuboid ligament; short plantar ligament) lies nearer to the bones than the preceding, from which it is separated by a little areolar tissue. It is a short but wide band of great strength, and extends from the tubercle and the depression in front of it, on the forepart of the plantar surface of the calcaneus, to the plantar surface of the cuboid behind the peroneal groov
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
