Long plantar ligament

The long plantar ligament (long calcaneocuboid ligament; superficial long plantar ligament) is a long ligament on the underside of the foot that connects the calcaneus with the cuboid bone.

Long plantar ligament
Ligaments of the sole of the foot, with the tendons of the Peronæus longus, Tibialis posterior and Tibialis anterior muscles. (Long plantar ligament is bottom label at left.)
Details
From	calcaneus
To	second metatarsal to fifth metatarsal
Identifiers
Latin	ligamentum plantare longum
TA	A03.6.10.517
FMA	44248
Anatomical terminology

Structure

The long plantar ligament is the longest of all the ligaments of the tarsus: it is attached behind to the plantar surface of the calcaneus in front of the tuberosity, and in front to the tuberosity on the plantar surface of the cuboid bone, the more superficial fibers being continued forward to the bases of the second, third, and fourth metatarsal bones.

This ligament converts the groove on the plantar surface of the cuboid into a canal for the tendon of the fibularis longus.

Deep to this ligament is the short plantar ligament.

See also

• Plantar calcaneonavicular ligament
• Short plantar ligament

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 354 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• lljoints at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (soleoffootligaments)
• Image at gla.ac.uk