Medioplantar oblique calcaneonavicular ligament
Ligamentum calcaneonaviculare medioplantare obliquus
- Synonym: Medioplantar oblique band of spring ligament
- Acronym: MPO
Definition
The medioplantar oblique ligament is the portion of the spring ligament complex that runs obliquely from the calcaneus to the navicular, located medioplantarly beneath the SMCNL. It is thinner and less consistently visualized on imaging, but is present in the majority of cases
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