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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v • d • e Joints and ligaments of upper limbs
Shoulder	sternoclavicular: anterior sternoclavicular - posterior sternoclavicular - interclavicular - costoclavicular acromioclavicular: acromioclavicular - coracoclavicular (trapezoid, conoid) - coracoacromial - superior transverse scapular - inferior transverse of scapula glenohumeral: coracohumeral - glenohumeral (superior, middle, and inferior) - transverse humeral - glenoid labrum
Elbow	proximal radioulnar, humeroradial, humeroulnar: ulnar collateral - radial collateral - annular - oblique cord
Forearm	distal radioulnar: volar radioulnar - dorsal radioulnar wrist/radiocarpal: palmar radiocarpal - dorsal radiocarpal - ulnar collateral - radial collateral
Hand	intercarpal, midcarpal: pisohamate ligament - pisometacarpal ligament carpometacarpal: dorsal carpometacarpal - palmar carpometacarpal intermetacarpal: deep transverse metacarpal - superficial transverse metacarpal metacarpophalangeal, interphalangeal