Plantar fascia

Plantar fascia
Muscles of the sole of the foot. First layer (closest to the skin on the sole of the foot). Plantar aponeurosis visible at top center.
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Identifiers
Latin	aponeurosis plantaris
TA98	A04.7.03.031
TA2	2718
FMA	45171
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The plantar fascia or plantar aponeurosis^[1] is the thick connective tissue aponeurosis which supports the arch on the bottom (plantar side) of the foot. Recent studies suggest that the plantar fascia is actually an aponeurosis rather than true fascia.^{[citation needed]} It runs from the tuberosity of the calcaneus (heel bone) forward to the heads of the metatarsal bones (the bone between each toe and the bones of the mid-foot).