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Ligament reference, attachments, joint stability roles, sprain grading, clinical tests, and injury management.

619 ligaments
101 ligaments in Hand & Wrist  Clear ×
Ligament Finger MCP Joint Volar Plate fibrocartilago articulationis metacarpophalangea Hand & Wrist The volar plate of the finger MCP joint is a fibrocartilaginous structure on the palmar surface…
Ligament Flexor Retinaculum (Wrist) Detail retinaculum flexorum carpi detail Hand & Wrist The flexor retinaculum (transverse carpal ligament) is the strong fibrous band bridging the carpal tunnel from…
Ligament Flexor Sheath C1 Pulley vagina tendinis, crux prima Hand & Wrist The C1 cruciate pulley of the finger flexor sheath is the first of the three cruciate…
Ligament Flexor Sheath C2 Pulley pars cruciformis secunda vaginae fibrosae digiti manus Hand & Wrist The C2 pulley is the second cruciate (X-shaped) part of the fibrous flexor sheath of a…
Ligament Flexor Sheath C3 Pulley vagina tendinis, crux tertia Hand & Wrist The C3 cruciate pulley is the most distal of the three cruciate pulleys, located just proximal…
Ligament Grayson Ligament ligamentum Graysoni Hand & Wrist Grayson ligaments are volar cutaneous ligaments of the fingers, arising from the fibrous flexor sheath and…
Ligament Hamatometacarpal Ligament ligamentum hamato-metacarpale Hand & Wrist The hamatometacarpal ligaments connect the hamate to the fourth and fifth metacarpal bases, providing the ligamentous…
Ligament Interosseous Carpometacarpal Ligaments ligamenta carpometacarpalia interossea Hand & Wrist The interosseous carpometacarpal ligaments are short, stout bands directly connecting the carpal and metacarpal bones at…
Ligament Interphalangeal Collateral Ligaments ligamenta collateralia articulationum interphalangearum Hand & Wrist The collateral ligaments at each IP joint prevent the lateral instability that would occur from side-to-side…
Ligament Landsmeer Oblique Retinacular Ligament ligamentum retinaculare obliquum Landsmeer Hand & Wrist The oblique retinacular ligament of Landsmeer is a thin fascial band running from the flexor tendon…
Ligament Ligament of Testut ligamentum radioscapholunatum Hand & Wrist The ligament of Testut (radioscapholunate ligament, RSL) is a structure on the palmar side of the…
Ligament Long Radiolunate Ligament ligamentum radiolunarum longum Hand & Wrist The long radiolunate ligament runs from the ulnar radial styloid to the lunate, providing secondary restraint…
Ligament Lunotriquetral Dorsal Ligament ligamentum lunotriquetrum dorsale Hand & Wrist The dorsal lunotriquetral ligament is the dorsal component of the intrinsic LT ligament complex, connecting the…
Ligament Lunotriquetral Ligament ligamentum lunotriquetrale Hand & Wrist The lunotriquetral ligament connects the lunate and triquetrum to coordinate their movement within the proximal carpal…
Ligament MCP Radial Collateral Ligament (Index) ligamentum collaterale radiale articulationis metacarpophalangealis indicis Hand & Wrist The radial collateral ligament of the index finger MCP joint is a strong cord connecting the…
Ligament MCP Radial Collateral Ligament (Little) ligamentum collaterale radiale articulationis metacarpophalangealis digiti minimi Hand & Wrist The radial collateral ligament of the little finger MCP joint is the radial stabiliser of the…
Ligament MCP Radial Collateral Ligament (Middle) ligamentum collaterale radiale articulationis metacarpophalangealis medii Hand & Wrist The radial collateral ligament of the middle finger MCP joint connects the radial metacarpal head to…
Ligament MCP Radial Collateral Ligament (Ring) ligamentum collaterale radiale articulationis metacarpophalangealis annularis Hand & Wrist The radial collateral ligament of the ring finger MCP joint provides radial stability to the ring…
Ligament MCP Ulnar Collateral Ligament (Index) ligamentum collaterale ulnare articulationis metacarpophalangealis indicis Hand & Wrist The ulnar collateral ligament of the index finger MCP joint connects the ulnar metacarpal head to…
Ligament MCP Ulnar Collateral Ligament (Middle) ligamentum collaterale ulnare articulationis metacarpophalangealis medii Hand & Wrist The ulnar collateral ligament of the middle finger MCP joint provides the ulnar constraint to the…
Ligament MCP Ulnar Collateral Ligament (Ring) ligamentum collaterale ulnare articulationis metacarpophalangealis annularis Hand & Wrist The ulnar collateral ligament of the ring finger MCP joint resists radial deviation at the ring…
Ligament Medial Collateral Ligament of the Thumb (UCL) ligamentum collaterale ulnare pollicis Hand & Wrist The thumb UCL is one of the most commonly injured ligaments of the hand, torn by…
Ligament Metacarpal Transverse Ligament (Deep) ligamentum metacarpale transversum profundum Hand & Wrist The deep transverse metacarpal ligament connects the volar plates of the index to little finger MCP…
Ligament Metacarpophalangeal Collateral Ligaments ligamenta collateralia articulationis metacarpophalangealis Hand & Wrist The MCP collateral ligaments have a cam-shaped metacarpal head origin that makes them taut in MCP…

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