Anatom3DCalcaneonavicular ligament
Ligamentum calcaneonaviculare · Patně-loďkovitý vaz
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
The inner limb of the Y-shaped bifurcate ligament on top of the foot, from the heel bone to the navicular.
What it does
Binds the heel bone to the navicular across the midfoot.
Keeping it well
Injured in twisting sprains; tenderness in front of the outer ankle may be this ligament, not the ankle itself.
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