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Medical Definition of Caput transversum
1. Head of origin of a muscle which is transversely situated. Nomina Anatomica lists transverse heads (caput transversum...) of the following: 1) adductor hallucis muscle (... Musculi adductoris hallucis ); 2) adductor pollicis muscle (... Musculi adductoris pollicis ). Synonym: caput transversum. (05 Mar 2000)