Posterior talofibular ligament
Ligamentum talofibulare posterius
- Related terms: Lateral ligament : Posterior talofibular ligament; Posterior talofibular ligament (Lateral ligament); Lateral ligament: Posterior talofibular ligament
Definition
The posterior talofibular ligament, the strongest and most deeply seated of the three ligaments of the lateral ligament, runs almost horizontally from the depression at the medial and back part of the fibular malleolus to a prominent tubercle on the posterior surface of the talus immediately lateral to the groove for the tendon of the Flexor hallucis longus.
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/).
