Deep transverse metacarpal ligament: Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox Ligament |

Name = Deep transverse metacarpal ligament |

Latin = ligamentum metacarpale transversum profundum |

GraySubject = 89 |

GrayPage = 331 |

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From = head of [[metacarpal]] |

To = head of adjacent metacarpal |

Width = 235

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DorlandsPre = l_09 |

DorlandsSuf = 12492625 |

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The '''deep transverse metacarpal ligament''' is a narrow fibrous band which runs across the palmar surfaces of the heads of the second, third, fourth and fifth [[metacarpal]] bones, connecting them together.

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==External links==

* {{cite journal |author=Bade H, Schubert M, Koebke J |title=Functional morphology of the deep transverse metacarpal ligament |journal=Ann Anat |volume=176 |issue=5 |pages=443-50 |year=1994 |id=PMID 7978341}}

* {{Dorlands|l_09|12492633}} - "superficial transverse metacarpal ligament"

* {{Dorlands|l_09|12492625}} - "deep transverse metacarpal ligament"

{{Gray's}}