Trochlear process

Bone: Trochlear process
Left calcaneus, lateral surface.
Latin	t. fibularis calcanei, processus trochlearis calcanei
Gray's	subject #63 266

The two oblique grooves of the lateral surface of the calcaneus are separated by an elevated ridge, or tubercle, the trochlear process ( peroneal trochlea, or peroneal tubercle, or fibular trochlea of calcaneus), which varies much in size in different bones.

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.

Reference: The Lower Limb, Last's Regional and Applied Anatomy, 9th edition

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