Medical Dictionary

transverse ligament

noun

Medical Definition of TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT

:  any of various ligaments situated transversely with respect to a bodily axis or part: as a :  the transverse part of the cruciate ligament of the atlas b :  one in the anterior part of the knee connecting the anterior margins of the lateral and medial menisci
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