transverse ligament

transverse ligament
transverse ligament n any of various ligaments situated transversely with respect to a bodily axis or part: as
a) the transverse part of the cruciate ligament of the atlas
b) one in the anterior part of the knee connecting the anterior margins of the lateral and medial menisci

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ligamentum costotransversarium.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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