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Ligament of the hip
Transverse acetabular ligament
Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. (Trans. ligament labeled at center.)
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.
Some sources consider the transverse acetabular ligament as the part of the acetabular labrum over the acetabular notch, while another states that the labrum attaches onto the ligament.
Additional Images
Hip joint. Lateral view. Transverse acetabular ligament
Hip joint. Lateral view. Transverse acetabular ligament
References
^ Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). p. 127. ISBN978-0-7295-3752-0.
^ Palastanga, Nigel; Soames, Roger (2012). Anatomy and Human Movement: Structure and Function. Physiotherapy Essentials (6th ed.). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier. p. 290. ISBN978-0-7020-3553-1.
^ Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F.; Agur, Anne M. R. (2018). Clinically Oriented Anatomy (8th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN978-1-4963-4721-3.
Left hip-joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. (Trans. ligament labeled at center.)
Hip joint. Lateral view. Transverse acetabular ligament
Hip joint. Lateral view. Transverse acetabular ligament
