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CRUCIFORM PART OF FIBROUS DIGITAL SHEATH
The fibres of the fibroussheath of the fingers and toes which form X-shaped patterns over the region of the interphalangeal joints.
Synonym: pars cruciformis vaginae fibrosae, crucial ligament, cruciform part of fibrous sheath, cruciform pulley, ligamenta cruciata digitorum.