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calcaneocuboid joint
Classification: Saddle shaped synovial joint
Articulation:
Articular surface:
-> Anterior end of calcaneus with the posterior surface of cuboid
Articular capsule: Fibrous capsule
Ligaments:
1) Dorsal calcaneocuboid
2) Plantar calcaneocuboid
3) Long plantar ligament
Action: Inversion & eversion
Arterial supply:
- Anterior tibial via lateral tarsal artery
Innervation:
- Plantar aspect -> medial or lateral plantar nerves
- Dorsal aspect -> deep fibular nerve
Related
talocalcaneonavicular joint
tarsometatarsal/cuneometatarsal/Lisfranc joint
transverse tarsal/Chopart/midtarsal joint (transverse tarsal articulation)
General
joint
References
- Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore &
AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia,
PA 1999.
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
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