Transverse acetabular ligament
| Transverse acetabular ligament | |
|---|---|
Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. (Trans. ligament labeled at center.) | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ligamentum transversum acetabuli |
| TA98 | A03.6.07.009 |
| TA2 | 1881 |
| FMA | 43518 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The transverse acetabular ligament (transverse ligament or Tunstall's ligament) bridges the acetabular notch, creating the a foramen (through which blood vessels and nerves pass into the joint cavity). The ligament is one of the sites of attachment of the ligament of head of femur.: 789
Some sources consider the transverse acetabular ligament as the part of the acetabular labrum over the acetabular notch,: 786 while another states that the labrum attaches onto the ligament.