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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
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Fig. 2

From: Anatomic study of the medial side of the ankle base on the joint capsule: an alternative description of the deltoid and spring ligament

Fig. 2

Attachments and inner appearance of the anterior capsule of the anteromedial ankle. a To expose the attachment of the joint capsule, we detached it from lateral to posteromedial. The superior aspect of the ankle joint is shown. The black dotted lines indicate the dimension of the capsular attachments. The anterior part of the joint capsule consisted of fatty tissue (asterisk). b The capsule was detached medially. The anterior fatty tissue of the capsule changed to fibrous tissue (black circle) at the anteromedial aspect of the ankle joint. Prox, proximal; Dist, distal; Nav, navicular

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