sustentaculum tali meaning

[Medicine]
n : a medial process of the calcaneus supporting part of the talus

Examples

1. The recurrent portion inserts into the sustentaculum tali of the calcaneus.
2. The sustentaculum tali forms the floor of middle facet, and the anterior facet articulates with the head of the talus, and sits lateral and congruent to the middle facet.
3. The plantar calcaneonavicular ligament is a broad and thick band of fibers, which connects the anterior margin of the sustentaculum tali of the calcaneus to the plantar surface of the navicular.
4. This tendon lies in a groove which crosses the posterior surface of the lower end of the tibia, between the medial and lateral tubercoles of the posterior surface of the talus, and the under surface of the sustentaculum tali of the calcaneus; in the sole of the foot it runs forward between the two heads of the Flexor hallucis brevis, and is inserted into the base of the last mucous sheath.