Inferior tibiofibular joint
Distal tibiofibular articulation | |
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Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | syndesmosis tibiofibularis |
TA98 | A03.6.05.001 |
TA2 | 1868 |
FMA | 10465 |
Anatomical terminology |
The distal tibiofibular joint (tibiofibular syndesmosis) is formed by the rough, convex surface of the medial side of the distal end of the fibula, and a rough concave surface on the lateral side of the tibia.
Below, to the extent of about 4 mm, these surfaces are smooth and covered with cartilage, which is continuous with that of the ankle joint.
The ligaments are:
- Anterior ligament of the lateral malleolus
- Posterior ligament of the lateral malleolus
- Interosseous membrane of leg
The inferior transverse ligament of the tibiofibular syndesmosis is included in older versions of Gray's Anatomy, but not in Terminologia Anatomica.[1] However, it still appears in some anatomy textbooks.[2]
It should not be confused with the superior tibiofibular joint, which is the only synovial tibiofibular joint, and is sometimes simply called the "tibiofibular articulation".
References[]
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 348 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology (1998). Terminologia anatomica: international anatomical terminology. Thieme. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-3-13-114361-7. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ^ A. M. R. Agur; Arthur F. Dalley (2009). Grant's atlas of anatomy. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 442–. ISBN 978-0-7817-7055-2. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
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