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== Structure ==
The deep transverse metacarpal ligament connects the palmar surfaces of the heads of the second, third, fourth, and fifth [[metacarpal bones]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Bade|first=Holger|last2=Schubert|first2=Markus|last3=Koebke|first3=Jürgen|date=1994-10-01|title=Functional morphology of the deep transverse metacarpal ligament|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0940960211804760|journal=Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger|language=en|volume=176|issue=5|pages=443–450|doi=10.1016/S0940-9602(11)80476-0|issn=0940-9602}}</ref> It is blended with the [[palmar metacarpophalangeal ligament]]s.<ref name=":0" />
Its palmar surface is concave where the flexor tendons pass over it. Behind it, the tendons of the [[interosseous muscles of the hand]] pass to their insertions.
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