See Also: ligamentum metacarpale transversum superficiale(medicine)
ligamentum metacarpale transversum profundum(medicine)
ligamentum transversum pelvis(medicine)
ligamentum carpi transversum(medicine)
ligamentum transversum perinei(medicine)
ligamentum transversum genus(medicine)
ligamentum transversum cruris(medicine)
ligamentum transversum atlantis(medicine)
ligamentum transversum acetabuli(medicine)
ligamentum transversum scapulae inferius(medicine)

ligamentum metacarpale transversum profundum (medicine) and Benioff (iou)


ligamentum metacarpale transversum profundum (medicine)


ligamentum metacarpale transversum profundum -->
deep transverse metacarpal ligament
<anatomy> The ligament that interconnects the palmar surface of the heads of the second to fifth metacarpals, being continuous with the palmar ligaments on palmar plates; it lies in the plane of the palmar interosseous fascia.

Synonym: ligamentum metacarpale transversum profundum, transverse metacarpal ligament.


Benioff (iou)



Benioff noun. M20.
[V. Hugo Benioff (1899-1968), US seismologist.]
Geology.
Benioff seismograph, Benioff seismometer, an instrument of a kind invented by Benioff in which movement of a horizontal rod induces an electrical voltage. M20.
Benioff zone, an inclined zone of high seismicity underlying island-arc systems at the overlap of oceanic and continental crust. M20.