See Also: flexor retinaculum of lower limb(medicine)
flexor retinaculum(medicine)
antebrachial flexor retinaculum(medicine)
retinaculum of flexor muscles(medicine)
flexor retinaculum of forearm(medicine)
deep part of flexor retinaculum(medicine)
lower limb(medicine)
bones of lower limb(medicine)
regions of lower limb(medicine)
joints of free lower limb(medicine)

flexor retinaculum of lower limb (medicine)


flexor retinaculum of lower limb


A wide band passing from the medial malleolus to the medial and upper border of the calcaneus and to the plantar surface as far as the navicular bone; it holds in place the tendons of the tibialis posterior, flexor digitorum longus, and flexor hallucis longus.

Synonym: retinaculum musculorum flexorum, laciniate ligament, ligamentum laciniatum, retinaculum of flexor muscles.