Transverse acetabular ligament

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

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}

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]

Additional Images

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  Hip joint. Lateral view. Transverse acetabular ligament
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  Hip joint. Lateral view. Transverse acetabular ligament

References

1. Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.
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. 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.

External links

• Anatomy figure: 17:03-10 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center