Superficial transverse metacarpal ligament
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| Ligament: Superficial transverse metacarpal ligament | ||
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| Metacarpophalangeal articulation and articulations of digit. Volar aspect. | ||
| Latin | ligamentum metacarpale transversum superficiale | |
| Gray's | subject #89 331 | |
| From | head of metacarpal | |
| To | head of adjacent metacarpal | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12492633 | |
The superficial transverse metacarpal ligament is a ligament of the intermetacarpal articulations joint which runs beneath the deep transverse metacarpal ligament. It 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.
It is also known as the "natatory ligament".[1]
[edit] References
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[edit] See also
- Duke Orthopedics natatory_ligament - "Natatory Ligament"
- f_03/12356392 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary - "fasciculi transversi aponeurosis palmaris"
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