Transverse acetabular ligament

The Transverse Acetabular Ligament (transverse ligament) is in reality a portion of the acetabular labrum, though differing from it in having no cartilage cells among its fibers.

Transverse acetabular ligament
Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. (Trans. ligament labeled at center.)
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Latinligamentum transversum acetabuli
TAA03.6.07.009
FMA43518
Anatomical terminology

It consists of strong, flattened fibers, which cross the acetabular notch, and convert it into a foramen through which the nutrient vessels enter the joint.

Prevents inferior displacement of head of femur.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 336 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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