Joints & ligaments
Transverse ligament of knee
Ligamentum transversum genus
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Knee joint
DescriptionUnreviewed
The transverse or [anterior] meniscomeniscal ligament is a ligament in the knee joint that connects the anterior convex margin of the lateral meniscus to the anterior end of the medial meniscus. It is divided into several strips in ten percent of subjects and its thickness varies considerably in different subjects.
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Names
- Latin
- Ligamentum transversum genus
- English
- Transverse ligament of knee
- French
- Ligament transverse du genou
- Spanish
- Ligamento transverso de la rodilla
- Portuguese
- Ligamento transverso do joelho
In the same group
- Anterior cruciate ligament
- Anterior meniscotibial ligament (Lateral meniscus)
- Anterior meniscotibial ligament (Medial meniscus)
- Arcuate popliteal ligament
- Articular capsule of knee joint
- Deep part of tibial collateral ligament
- Fibular collateral ligament
- Infrapatellar fat pad
- Lateral meniscus
- Medial meniscus
- Meniscopatellar ligament
- Oblique popliteal ligament
- Popliteofibular ligament
- Posterior cruciate ligament
- Posterior meniscotibial ligament (Lateral meniscus)
- Posterior meniscotibial ligament (Medial meniscus)
- Superficial part of tibial collateral ligament