THE DORSAL LIGAMENTS. 



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A series of well-marked but not strong ligaments radiate forward and outward 

 from the scaphoid (Fig. 460): three dorsal scapho-cuneiform and one scapho- 

 cuboid ligament. 



The dorsal calcaneo-cuboid ligament (Fig. 460) is a thin band of little 

 note. The interosseous calcaneo-cubo-scaphoid reaches the dorsum by the part 

 going to the scaphoid. The ligament just mentioned is sometimes continuous with 

 it at its origin, and the two have been called by French anatomists the Y-liga^nent, 

 to which much consequence has been ascribed. The interosseous ligament is the 

 important one. 



Fig. 460. 



Dorsal tarso-metatarsal 

 ligaments 



Dorsal scapho-cuneiform 

 ligaments 



Astragalo-scaphoid 

 ligament 



Scaphoid 



Calraneo-cubo-scaphoid 

 ligament 



Inferior calcaneo- 

 scaphoid ligament 



Fibro-cartilage 



Sustentaculum 



Interosseous astragalo- 

 calcaneal ligament 



Dorsal intermetatarsai 

 ligament 



Peroneus tertius 



^'t' -Superior scapho- 

 cuboid ligament 



Dorsal calcaneo-cuboid 

 ligament 



Peroneus brevis 



Astragalo-calcaneal ligament 



Calcaneum 



Upper aspect of the right tarsus, the astragalus having been removed. 



The dorsal tarso-metatarsal ligaments (Fig. 460) are simple for the first 

 metatarsal, being bands running from the internal cuneiform. For the others they 

 are more irregular, and there is an interlacing with transverse dorsal ligaments 

 between the metatarsals connecting the outer four bones and the second to the 



