metatarsal ligament

The trainer suffered puncture wounds to both feet and a broken metatarsal ligament in his left foot.

The dorsal metatarsal ligaments are ligaments in the foot.

The two heads of each muscle form a central tendon which passes forwards deep to the deep transverse metatarsal ligament.

A transverse system at the MTP joints is formed by the plantar plates and the deep transverse metatarsal ligament.

The horizontal head of the adductor hallucis from the deep transverse metatarsal ligament, a narrow band which runs across and connects together the heads of all the metatarsal bones.

It is one of the 3 ligaments responsible for maintaining the transverse arch of the foot together with the interosseous ligaments of metatarsals and the transverse metatarsal ligament.

Making the incision from the dorsal side (the top of the foot) is the more common method but requires cutting the deep transverse metatarsal ligament that connects the 3rd and 4th metatarsals in order to access the nerve beneath it.

The major difference between the plantar plates of the MTP and IP joints, is that they blend with the transverse metatarsal ligament in the MTP joints (not present in the toes).