Pisohamate ligament
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| Ligament: Pisohamate ligament | ||
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| Ligaments of wrist. Anterior view. (Pisohamate ligament labeled at center right.) | ||
| Latin | ligamentum pisohamatum | |
| Gray's | subject #87 329 | |
| From | pisiform | |
| To | hamate | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12492813 | |
The pisohamate ligament is the volar ligament that connects the pisiform to the hamate. It is, in reality, a prolongation of the tendon of the Flexor carpi ulnaris.
It serves as part of the origin for the abductor digiti minimi.
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