Anatom3DPlantar calcaneocuboid ligament
Ligamentum calcaneocuboideum plantare · Chodidlový patně-krychlový vaz
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A short wide band in the sole, under the long plantar ligament, from the heel bone to the cuboid (short plantar ligament).
What it does
Supports the outer arch of the foot.
Keeping it well
Rarely injured alone.
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