Ligaments of the Tarsus. 



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197. The Plantar Strengthening Ligaments of the 

 Tarsal Articulations. 



The following ligaments are seen : between calcaneum and cuboid 

 bones the strong Lig. ccdcaneo-cuboldeum plantare longum s. rectum, and, 

 partially hidden by this, the Lig. plantare oUiquum or short calcaneo 

 cuboid ligament; from the former two bands, which strengthen the sheath 

 of the M. peroneus longus, run to the bases of the third and fourth meta- 

 tarsal bones. Further the following ligaments: the Lig. calcaneo-scaplioideum 

 inferius; the Lig. cubo-scapltoideum inferius; the Ligamenta scaplio-cunciformia 

 plantaria in relation with the tendon of the M. tiUalis posticus ; the weak 

 Lig. cul)0-cuneiforme and intcrcuneiforme plantare. , 



