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Foot and Ankle Anatomy

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Abstract

The role of the foot and ankle is multifaceted, providing a supportive base capable of withstanding body loading while simultaneously permitting mobility. This chapter provides an overview of the bony anatomy of the foot and ankle and its complex articulations, muscle, and ligamentous attachments.

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  1. Central Alberta Medical Imaging Services, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Ramin Mandegaran

  2. CISSS-CA Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Lévis, QC, Canada

    Vanessa Quinn-Laurin

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  1. Ramin Mandegaran
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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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  1. Central Alberta Medical Imaging Services, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Ramin Mandegaran

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Mandegaran, R., Quinn-Laurin, V. (2023). Foot and Ankle Anatomy. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_36

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