Superficial transverse ligament of the fingers
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| Superficial transverse ligament of the fingers | |
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| The palmar aponeurosis. (transverse fasciculi labeled at upper top.) | |
| Latin | ligamentum metacarpale transversum superficiale |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12492633 |
The Superficial Transverse Ligament of the Fingers (or superficial transverse metacarpal ligament) is a thin band of transverse fasciculi; it stretches across the roots of the four fingers, and is closely attached to the skin of the clefts, and medially to the fifth metacarpal bone, forming a sort of rudimentary web.
Beneath it the digital vessels and nerves pass to their destinations.
[edit] See also
- Duke Orthopedics natatory_ligament - "Natatory Ligament"
- Dorlands/Elsevier f_03/12356392 - "fasciculi transversi aponeurosis palmaris"
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