plantar ligament

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Introduction

One of the fibrocartilagenous plates located on the plantar aspect of each metatarsophalangeal joint & interphalangeal joint of the foot.

The ligaments are the counterpart in the foot of the palmar ligaments in the hand.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999