Deep transverse metacarpal ligament

Ligament: Deep transverse metacarpal ligament
Metacarpophalangeal articulation and articulations of digit. Volar aspect.
Latin	ligamentum metacarpale transversum profundum
Gray's	subject #89 331
From	head of metacarpal
To	head of adjacent metacarpal
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_09/12492625

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.

It is blended with the palmar metacarpophalangeal ligaments.

Its palmar surface is concave where the flexor tendons pass over it; behind it the tendons of the interosseous muscles of the hand pass to their insertions.

External links

• Bade H, Schubert M, Koebke J (1994). "Functional morphology of the deep transverse metacarpal ligament". Ann Anat 176 (5): 443–50. PMID 7978341. 

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