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Some of the main ligaments in the foot are: Plantar fascia ligament: Runs underneath your foot from the heel to the base of your toes. Plantar calcaneonavicular ligament (spring ligament): A strong ligament that connects bones in the ankle and foot, gives your arch structure and helps support your body weight.
In humans, the foot is one of the most complex structures in the body. It is made up of over 100 moving parts – bones, muscles, tendons, and ligaments designed to allow the foot to balance the body’s weight on just two legs and support such diverse actions as running, jumping, climbing, and walking.
There are a variety of anatomical structures that make up the anatomy of the foot and ankle (Figure 1) including bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, tendons, and nerves. These will be reviewed in the sections of this chapter.
The foot is a complex structure made up of 28 bones, 33 joints, 19 muscles, over 100 tendons and ligaments, and more than 200,000 different nerve endings. These work together to allow you to walk, run, maintain balance, absorb impact, and bear upper body weight.
Comprehensive review of all major ligaments of the foot. The foot is the region of the body distal to the leg that is involved in weight bearing and locomotion. It consists of 28 bones, which can be divided functionally into three groups, referred to as the tarsus, metatarsus and phalanges.
Arguably, the most important tendon is the Achilles tendon, which allows the calf muscles to move the ankle joint. The ligaments are fibrous bands - imagine very strong rubber bands - which bind the bones together to give shape, flexibility and strength to the foot. There are many ligaments in the foot.
Foot and ankle anatomy consists of 33 bones, 26 joints and over a hundred muscles, ligaments and tendons. This complex network of structures fit and work together to bear weight, allow movement and provide a stable base for us to stand and move on.