Transverse acetabular ligament

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Transverse acetabular ligament
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Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. (Trans. ligament labeled at center.)
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Latin ligamentum transversum acetabuli
TA98 A03.6.07.009
TA2 1881
FMA 43518
Anatomical terminology

The transverse acetabular ligament (transverse ligament [1] or Tunstall's ligament[ citation needed ]) bridges the acetabular notch, creating the a foramen (through which blood vessels and nerves pass into the joint cavity). [2] The ligament is one of the sites of attachment of the ligament of head of femur. [1] [3] : 789 

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Some sources consider the transverse acetabular ligament as the part of the acetabular labrum over the acetabular notch, [1] [4] [3] : 786  while another states that the labrum attaches onto the ligament. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 127. ISBN   978-0-7295-3752-0.
  2. 1 2 Palastanga, Nigel; Soames, Roger (2012). Anatomy and Human Movement: Structure and Function. Physiotherapy Essentials (6th ed.). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. p. 290. ISBN   978-0-7020-3553-1.
  3. 1 2 Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2018). Clinically Oriented Anatomy (8th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN   978-1-4963-4721-3.
  4. ↑ "ligamentum transversum acetabuli". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-08-04.


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