Ligament: Calcaneofibular ligament
The ligaments of the foot from the lateral aspect. (Label for Calcaneofibular ligament is at bottom left.)
Lateral view of the human ankle
Latin	ligamentum calcaneofibulare
Gray's	subject #95 351
From	calcaneus
To	fibula (lateral malleolus)
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_09/12491729

The calcaneofibular ligament is a narrow, rounded cord, running from the apex of the fibular malleolus downward and slightly backward to a tubercle on the lateral surface of the calcaneus.

It is covered by the tendons of the Peronæi longus and brevis.

[edit] External links

• Duke Orthopedics calcaneofibular_ligament
• sports/14 at eMedicine -- Calcaneofibular ligament injury
• lljoints at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (posterioranklejoint)
• SUNY Figs 17:10-05

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

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