Transverse acetabular ligament explained

Transverse acetabular ligament
Latin:ligamentum transversum acetabuli

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

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

References

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

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