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TRANSVERSE HEAD
Head of origin of a muscle which is transversely located. Nomina Anatomica lists transverse heads (caput transversum...) of the next: 1) adductor hallucis muscle (... Musculi adductoris hallucis ); 2) adductor pollicis muscle (... Musculi adductoris pollicis ).
Synonym: caput transversum.