Anatom3DCalcaneocuboid ligament
Ligamentum calcaneocuboideum · Patně-krychlový vaz
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
The outer limb of the Y-shaped bifurcate ligament on top of the foot, from the heel bone to the cuboid.
What it does
Binds the heel bone to the cuboid at the outer midfoot.
Keeping it well
Sprained with ankle sprains; can pull off a flake of bone from the heel bone's front process.
Related conditions
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
- Flat feet (pes planus)
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hammer toe and claw toe
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Morton's neuroma
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Varicose veins
- Venomous snakebite