| Transverse acetabular ligament | |
|---|---|
 Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. (Trans. ligament labeled at center.) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| 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
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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- ^ a b Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2018). Clinically Oriented Anatomy (8th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 978-1-4963-4721-3.
- ^ "ligamentum transversum acetabuli". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-08-04.