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transverse tarsal/Chopart/midtarsal joint (transverse tarsal articulation)
The synovial joints formed by the combined the talonavicular part of the talocalcaneonavicular & calcaneocuboid joints.
-> indicated by a line from the posterior aspect of the tuberosity of the navicular to a point 1/2 way between the lateral malleolus &the tuberosity of the 5th metatarsal.
Function:
-> contributes to the total inversion & eversion movements.
Related
tarsometatarsal/cuneometatarsal/Lisfranc joint
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.
Component-of
ankle
foot
Images
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