Anatom3DTransverse acetabular ligament
Ligamentum transversum acetabuli · Příčný vaz jamky
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A strong band bridging the notch at the bottom of the hip socket, continuing the ring of the labrum.
What it does
Completes the socket rim and lets vessels and nerves pass underneath into the joint.
Keeping it well
A useful landmark for surgeons to set the angle of the cup in a hip replacement.
Related conditions
- Avascular necrosis (osteonecrosis)
- Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
- Developmental dysplasia of the hip
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Perthes disease
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder