Sustentaculum tali

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Talar shelf
Gray267.png
Left calcaneus, medial surface. (Sustentaculum tali labeled at center top.)
File:Gray268.png
Bones of the right foot. Dorsal surface.
Details
Latin Sustentaculum tali
Identifiers
TA Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 744: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
TH {{#property:P1694}}
TE {{#property:P1693}}
FMA {{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terms of bone
[[[d:Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|edit on Wikidata]]]

At the upper and forepart of the medial surface of the calcaneus there is a horizontal eminence, the sustentaculum tali (alternatively, the talar shelf), which gives attachment to the plantar calcaneo-navicular (spring) ligament, tibiocalcaneal ligament, and medial talocalcaneal ligament.

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 margin to a part of the deltoid ligament of the ankle-joint.

Disease

The sustentaculum is typically involved in subtalar or talocalcaneal tarsal coalition.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links



<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>