Transverse metatarsal ligament

Transverse metatarsal ligament
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Latin	ligamentum metatarsale transversum
TA	A03.6.10.804
FMA	44490
Anatomical terminology []

The transverse metatarsal ligament is a narrow band which runs across and connects together the heads of all the metatarsal bones; it is blended anteriorly with the plantar (glenoid) ligaments of the metatarsophalangeal articulations.

Its plantar surface is concave where the Flexor tendons run below it; above it the tendons of the Interossei pass to their insertions.

Its homologue in the hand is the , which connects the metacarpals to each other.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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