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{{Infobox Ligament |
  Name          = {{PAGENAME}} |
  Latin         = r. musculorum flexorum pedis, ligamentum laciniatum |
  GraySubject   = 130 |
  GrayPage      = 489 |
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  DorlandsPre   = r_10 |
  DorlandsSuf   = 12706100  |
  From          = [[tibial malleolus]] |
  To            = margin of the [[calcaneus]]
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==Overview==

The '''laciniate ligament''' ('''internal annular ligament''', '''flexor retinaculum of foot''') is a strong fibrous band, extending from the [[tibial malleolus]] above to the margin of the [[calcaneus]] below, converting a series of bony grooves in this situation into canals for the passage of the tendons of the Flexor muscles and the posterior tibial vessels and [[tibial nerve]] into the sole of the [[foot]]. 

It is continuous by its upper border with the [[deep fascia]] of the leg, and by its lower border with the plantar [[aponeurosis]] and the fibers of origin of the [[Abductor hallucis muscle]]. 

Enumerated from the medial side, the four canals which it forms transmit the tendon of the [[Tibialis posterior]]; the tendon of the [[Flexor digitorum longus]]; the posterior tibial vessels and [[tibial nerve]], which run through a broad space beneath the ligament; and lastly, in a canal formed partly by the [[talus]], the tendon of the [[Flexor hallucis longus]].

==External links==
* {{NormanAnatomy|ankle}}

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[[Category:Foot]]


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