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Ligaments

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

619 ligaments
101 ligaments in Hand & Wrist  Clear ×
Ligament Natatory Ligament ligamentum natatorum Hand & Wrist The natatory ligament (superficial transverse metacarpal ligament) is a transverse band of palmar fascia running across…
Ligament Oblique Retinacular Ligament ligamentum retinaculare obliquum Hand & Wrist The oblique retinacular ligament (Landsmeer ligament) runs obliquely in the finger from the volar base of…
Ligament Palmar Carpometacarpal Ligaments ligamenta carpometacarpalia palmaria Hand & Wrist The palmar carpometacarpal ligaments are robust fibrous bands on the palmar surface of the hand, connecting…
Ligament Palmar Intercarpal Ligaments ligamenta intercarpalia palmaria Hand & Wrist The palmar intercarpal ligaments connect adjacent carpal bones on their palmar surfaces, maintaining the carpal arch…
Ligament Palmar Plate of the Thumb IP Joint plica palmaris articulationis interphalangeae pollicis Hand & Wrist The palmar plate (volar plate) of the thumb interphalangeal joint is a fibrocartilaginous structure on the…
Ligament Palmar Plate of the Thumb MCP fibrocartilago palmaris articulationis metacarpophalangealis pollicis Hand & Wrist The thumb MCP volar plate is a broad fibrocartilaginous structure containing the radial and ulnar sesamoids…
Ligament Palmar Plates (Volar Plates) ligg. palmaria articulationum metacarpophalangearum et interphalangearum Hand & Wrist The volar plates are fibrocartilaginous structures on the palmar aspect of each finger joint (MCP, PIP,…
Ligament Palmar Radioulnar Ligament ligamentum radioulnare palmare Hand & Wrist The palmar radioulnar ligament is one of the two deep components of the triangular fibrocartilage complex… Also: Detail
Ligament PIP Collateral Ligaments (Finger) ligamenta collateralia articulationum interphalangealium proximalis Hand & Wrist The PIP joint collateral ligaments are the primary lateral stabilisers of the finger's most important joint.…
Ligament Pisohamate Ligament ligamentum pisohamatum Hand & Wrist The pisohamate ligament connects the pisiform to the hamate hook, transmitting the force of the FCU…
Ligament Pisometacarpal Ligament ligamentum pisometacarpale Hand & Wrist The pisometacarpal ligament extends from the pisiform to the fifth metacarpal base, completing the FCU tendon's…
Ligament Pisotriquetral Joint Ligament ligamentum articulationis pisotriquetralis Hand & Wrist The pisotriquetral joint ligaments encapsulate the articulation between the pisiform (embedded in the FCU tendon) and…
Ligament Radial Collateral Ligament Finger (DIP) ligamentum collaterale radiale articulationis interphalangealis distalis Hand & Wrist The radial collateral ligament of the finger DIP joint runs from the head of the middle…
Ligament Radial Collateral Ligament of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint ligamentum collaterale radiale articulationis interphalangealis proximalis Hand & Wrist The radial collateral ligament of each proximal interphalangeal joint runs from the lateral condyle of the…
Ligament Radial Collateral Ligament of the Thumb MCP Joint ligamentum collaterale radiale articulationis metacarpophalangeae pollicis Hand & Wrist The radial collateral ligament of the thumb MCP joint runs from the radial side of the…
Ligament Radial Collateral Ligament of Wrist ligamentum collaterale carpi radiale Hand & Wrist The radial collateral ligament of the wrist connects the radial styloid to the scaphoid, providing stability…
Ligament Radiate Carpal Ligament ligamentum carpi radiatum Hand & Wrist The radiate carpal ligament is a fan-shaped group of fibrous bands radiating from the capitate to…
Ligament Radiocarpal Joint Capsule capsula articularis radiocarpalis Hand & Wrist The radiocarpal joint capsule is the fibrous sleeve enclosing the radiocarpal joint, reinforced by the palmar…
Ligament Radioscaphocapitate Ligament ligamentum radioscaphocapitatum Hand & Wrist The radioscaphocapitate ligament is the most radial and most important volar extrinsic wrist ligament, providing the…
Ligament Sagittal Bands fasciculi sagittales aponeurosis dorsalis digiti Hand & Wrist The sagittal bands are paired radial and ulnar fibrous bands at the MCP joint that wrap…
Ligament Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament (Complete) ligamentum scapholunatum interosseum (complete) Hand & Wrist The scapholunate interosseous ligament (SLIL) is the most important intrinsic carpal ligament, maintaining the proximal carpal…
Ligament Scapholunate Ligament ligamentum scapholunare Hand & Wrist The scapholunate ligament is the most important intercarpal ligament, synchronising the movement of the scaphoid and…
Ligament Scaphotrapeziotrapezoid Ligament ligamentum scaphotrapeziotrapezoideum Hand & Wrist The scaphotrapeziotrapezoid (STT) ligament complex connects the distal scaphoid to the trapezium and trapezoid, stabilising the…
Ligament Short Radiolunate Ligament ligamentum radiolunarum breve Hand & Wrist The short radiolunate ligament is a stout palmar radiocarpal ligament running from the lunate facet of…
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