tibionavicular love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating to both the tibia and the scaphoid bone.

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Examples

  • Of the superficial fibers the most anterior (tibionavicular) pass forward to be inserted into the tuberosity of the navicular bone, and immediately behind this they blend with the medial margin of the plantar calcaneonavicular ligament; the middle (calcaneotibial) descend almost perpendicularly to be inserted into the whole length of the sustentaculum tali of the calcaneus; the posterior fibers (posterior talotibial) pass backward and lateralward to be attached to the inner side of the talus, and to the prominent tubercle on its posterior surface, medial to the groove for the tendon of the Flexor hallucis longus.

    III. Syndesmology. 7d. Talocrural Articulation or Ankle-joint 1918

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