The transverse acetabular ligament (transverse ligament or Tunstall's ligament) bridges the

acetabular notch The acetabular notch is a deep notch in the inferior portion of the rim of the acetabulum The acetabulum (; : acetabula), also called the cotyloid cavity, is a wikt:concave, concave surface of the pelvis. The femur head, head of the femur mee ...

, 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 The ligament of the head of the femur (round ligament of the femur, foveal ligament, or Fillmore's ligament) is a weak ligament located in the hip joint. It is triangular in shape and somewhat flattened. The ligament is implanted by its apex into ...

. Some sources consider the transverse acetabular ligament as the part of the

acetabular labrum The acetabular labrum (glenoidal labrum of the hip joint or cotyloid ligament in older texts) is a fibrocartilaginous ring which surrounds the circumference of the acetabulum of the hip, deepening the acetabulum. The labrum is attached onto the bo ...

over the acetabular notch, while another states that the labrum attaches onto the ligament.

Additional Images

File:Slide2DAD.JPG, Hip joint. Lateral view. Transverse acetabular ligament File:Slide2DADA.JPG, Hip joint. Lateral view. Transverse acetabular ligament

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* Ligaments of the lower limb {{ligament-stub