dorsal tarsometatarsal ligament
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Introduction
One of the strong, flat longitudinal & oblique bands of fibrous tissue reinforcing the dorsal aspects of the tarsometatarsal joints (joints between the metatarsals & cuboid bone &/or cunieform bone).
The 1st metatarsal & the medial cuneiform bone share an exclusive joint capsule & the medial dorsal tarsometatarsal ligament connects only these bones.
The remaining metatarsals have attachments to multiple bones, with the ligaments reinforcing the dorsal aspect of their common joint capsule.
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References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999