Transverse acetabular ligament

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Ligament: Transverse acetabular ligament

Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. (Trans. ligament labeled at center.)
Latin	ligamentum transversum acetabuli
Gray's	subject #92 336
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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.

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.

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Joints and ligaments of lower limbs

coxal/hip: iliofemoral - pubofemoral - ischiofemoral - head of femur - transverse acetabular

knee-joint: patellar - popliteal (oblique, arcuate) - collateral (medial/tibial, fibular) - cruciate (anterior, posterior) - menisci (medial, lateral)