Pisohamate ligament

Pisohamate ligament

Ligaments of wrist. Anterior view. (Pisohamate ligament labeled at center right.)
Details
From pisiform
To hamate
Identifiers
Latin ligamentum pisohamatum
Dorlands
/Elsevier
l_09/12492813
TA A03.5.11.108
FMA 42304

Anatomical terminology

The pisohamate ligament is a ligament in the hand. It is the volar ligament that connects the pisiform to the hamate. It is a prolongation of the tendon of the Flexor carpi ulnaris.

It serves as part of the origin for the abductor digiti minimi.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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