Third plantar tarsometatarsal ligament

Tertium ligamentum tarsometatarseum plantare

Definition

The third plantar ligament (C3-M3,4) is described as a bandlike ligament with an oblique orientation stretching from the inferolateral aspect of C3 to the bases of M3 and M4.

References

Castro M, Melão L, Canella C, Weber M, Negrão P, Trudell D, Resnick D. Lisfranc joint ligamentous complex: MRI with anatomic correlation in cadavers. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Dec;195(6):W447-55. doi: 10.2214/AJR.10.4674. PMID: 21098178

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