[Membrana interossea antebrachii--a common ligament of the radius-ulna joint. II: Submacroscopic and microscopic structure].

The membrana interossea natebrachii was investigated submacroscopically and microscopically in human cadaveric specimens. Stereomicroscopical and histological investigations under polarized and non-polarized light were performed. Due to the textological structure and due to its osseous insertion the membrana interossea antebrachii represents in its middle and proximal part all morphological features of an interosseous ligament with uniform direction of its fibers. In this middle and proximal part the membrana interossea has to be regarded as a strong ligament coordinating both radioulnar joints which act by the cardan shaft of the forearm as a functional unit.