Pisohamate ligament

Pisohamate ligament
Ligaments of wrist. Anterior view. (Pisohamate ligament labeled at center right.)
Details
Frompisiform
Tohamate
Identifiers
Latinligamentum pisohamatum
TA98A03.5.11.108
TA21825
FMA42304
Anatomical terminology

The pisohamate ligament is a ligament in the hand. It connects the pisiform to the hook of the hamate. It is a prolongation of the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris.

It serves as part of the origin for the abductor digiti minimi. It also forms the floor of the ulnar canal, a canal that allows the ulnar nerve and ulnar artery into the hand.

References[edit]

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 329 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)