title: Transverse ligament
text: # Transverse ligament
  
  A transverse ligament is a ligament on a transverse plane, orthogonal to the anteroposterior or oral-aboral axiscan of the body.
  
  In human anatomy, examples are:
  
  * Flexor retinaculum of the hand or transverse carpal ligament (ligamentum carpi transversum)
  * Inferior transverse ligament of scapula (ligamentum transversum scapulae inferius)
  * Inferior transverse ligament of the tibiofibular syndesmosis
  * Superior transverse ligament of the scapula (ligamentum transversum scapulae superius)
  * Superior extensor retinaculum of foot or transverse crural ligament (ligamentum transversum cruris)
  * Transverse acetabular ligament (ligamentum transversum acetabuli)
  * Transverse humeral ligament (ligamentum transversum humeri)
  * Transverse ligament of the atlas (ligamentum transversum atlantis)
  * Transverse ligament of knee (ligamentum transversum genus)
  