flexor retinaculum of lower limb
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flex·or ret·i·nac·u·lum of low·er limb
[TA]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(s): retinaculum musculorum flexorum membri inferioris [TA], laciniate ligament, ligamentum laciniatum, retinaculum of flexor muscles
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flex·or ret·i·nac·u·lum of low·er limb
(flek'sŏr ret'i-nak'yū-lŭm lō'ĕr lim) [TA]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.
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