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transverse crural ligament (medicine) and adunc (iou)


transverse crural ligament (medicine)


transverse crural ligament -->
superior extensor retinaculum


The ligament that binds down the extensor tendons proximal to the ankle joint; it is continuous with (a thickening of) the deep fascia of the leg.

Synonym: retinaculum musculorum extensorum superius, ligamentum transversum cruris, superior retinaculum of extensor muscles, transverse crural ligament, transverse ligament of leg.


adunc (iou)



adunc adjective. E17.
[Latin aduncus, from ad AD- + uncus hook.]
Hooked.
aduncity noun (now rare or obsolete) hookedness, crookedness L16.
aduncous adjective hooked, incurved M17.