Sustentaculum tali
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| Sustentaculum tali | |
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| Left calcaneus, medial surface. (Sustentaculum tali labeled at center top.) | |
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| Bones of the right foot. Dorsal surface. | |
| Gray's | subject #63 266 |
At the upper and forepart of the medial surface of the calcaneus is a horizontal eminence, the sustentaculum tali, which gives attachment to a slip of the tendon of the Tibialis posterior.
This eminence is concave above, and articulates with the middle calcaneal articular surface of the talus; below, it is grooved for the tendon of the Flexor hallucis longus; its anterior margin gives attachment to the plantar calcaneonavicular ligament, and its medial, to a part of the deltoid ligament of the ankle-joint.
[edit] External links
- Dictionary at eMedicine Sustentaculum+tali
- SUNY Labs 15:st-0303 - "The Leg: Bones"
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