Calcaneal tubercle

Calcaneal tubercle
Left calcaneus, lateral surface.
Details
Latin	Tuberculum fibulare calcanei, processus trochlearis calcanei
Identifiers
Dorlands /Elsevier	p_34/12667224
TA
TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terms of bone [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The calcaneal tubercle (or trochlear process, peroneal trochlea, peroneal tubercle, or fibular trochlea of calcaneus) is a raised tubercle, or projection from the lateral side of the calcaneus (heel bone). It is located between the tendons of the peroneus longus and brevis. It separates the two oblique grooves of the lateral surface of the calcaneus.

Its chief anatomical significance is as a point of divergence of the previously common pathway shared by the distal tendons of peroneus longus and peroneus brevis en route to their distinct respective attachment sites.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

• The Lower Limb, Last's Regional and Applied Anatomy, 9th edition
• http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=94123