Lacunar ligament

Lacunar ligament
The inguinal and lacunar ligaments. (Lacunar ligament labeled at center top.)
Details
FromInguinal ligament, pubic tubercle
ToPectineal line
Identifiers
Latinligamentum lacunare (Gimbernati)
TA98A04.5.01.010
TA22366
FMA20184
Anatomical terminology

The lacunar ligament, also named Gimbernat's ligament, is a ligament in the inguinal region.[1] It connects the inguinal ligament to the pectineal ligament,[2] near the point where they both insert on the pubic tubercle.[3]

  1. ^ Lytle WJ (May 1979). "Inguinal anatomy". J. Anat. 128 (Pt 3): 581–94. PMC 1232909. PMID 468709.
  2. ^ Moore, K.L., & Agur, A.M. (2007). Essential Clinical Anatomy: Third Edition. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 128. ISBN 978-0-7817-6274-8
  3. ^ Netter, Frank (2010). "Plate 255". Atlas of Human Anatomy. Saunders. ISBN 978-1-4160-5951-6.