Posterior tibial tendon

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The mucous sheaths of the tendons around the ankle. Medial aspect.

In anatomy, the posterior tibial tendon, also call tibialis posterior, is a tendon on the sole of the foot.[1]

Rupture or dysfunction of the posterior tibial tendon may cause adult flatfoot.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Gray, Henry David (1918). “8d. The Fasciæ Around the Ankle”, Anatomy of the human body, 20th edition. Bartleby.com. ISBN 1-58734-102-6. 
  2. ↑ Bluman EM, Myerson MS (June 2007). "Stage IV posterior tibial tendon rupture". Foot Ankle Clin 12 (2): 341–62, viii. DOI:10.1016/j.fcl.2007.03.004. PMID 17561206. Research Blogging.
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