External lateral ligament of the ankle-joint
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The lateral collateral ligament of ankle joint (or external lateral ligament of the ankle-joint) are ligaments of the ankle
which attach to the fibula.
Its components are:
Ankle
The ankle joint is formed where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle, or talocrural joint, is a synovial hinge joint that connects the distal ends of the tibia and fibula in the lower limb with the proximal end of the talus bone in the foot...
which attach to the fibula.
Its components are:
- anterior talofibular ligamentAnterior talofibular ligamentThe anterior talofibular ligament passes from the anterior margin of the fibular malleolus, forward and medially, to the talus bone, in front of its lateral articular facet. It is one of the lateral ligaments of the ankle and prevents the foot from sliding forward in relation to the shin...
- posterior talofibular ligamentPosterior talofibular ligamentThe posterior talofibular 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....
- calcaneofibular ligamentCalcaneofibular ligamentThe 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....