The pisometacarpal ligament joins the

pisiform The pisiform bone ( or ), also spelled pisiforme (from the Latin ''pisifomis'', pea-shaped), is a small knobbly, sesamoid bone that is found in the wrist. It forms the ulnar border of the carpal tunnel. Structure The pisiform is a sesamoid bone, ...

to the base of the fifth metacarpal bone. It is a continuation of the tendon of the

flexor carpi ulnaris The flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU) is a muscle of the forearm that flexes and adducts at the wrist joint. Structure Origin The flexor carpi ulnaris has two heads; a humeral head and ulnar head. The humeral head originates from the medial epicondyle of ...

Additional images

Image:Ligamentumpisometacarpeum.png, Ligaments of wrist. Anterior view. (Pisometacarpal labeled at right, second from bottom.)

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070806224310/http://classes.kumc.edu/sah/resources/handkines/ligaments/wvdpisometa.htm Ligaments of the upper limb {{ligament-stub