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Ligaments

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

619 ligaments
619 ligaments · alternate versions listed on each card
Ligament Cruciate Pulleys (Hand) vaginulae fibrosae tendinum digitorum (vincula cruciformia) Hand & Wrist The three cruciate pulleys (C1, C2, C3) are the X-shaped flexible components of the finger flexor…
Ligament Cuboid-Metatarsal Ligaments ligamenta cuboidea-metatarsalia Foot & Ankle The cuboid-metatarsal ligaments connect the cuboid to the fourth and fifth metatarsal bases, providing the dorsal,…
Ligament Cuboid-Navicular Ligaments ligamenta cuboideonavicularia Foot & Ankle The cuboid-navicular ligaments (dorsal, plantar, and interosseous) connect the navicular to the cuboid across the transverse…
Ligament Cuneocuboid Ligament ligamentum cuneocuboideum Foot & Ankle The cuneocuboid ligament connects the lateral cuneiform to the cuboid, stabilising the cuneocuboid joint at the…
Ligament Cuneometatarsal Ligaments Detail ligamenta cuneometatarsalia detail Foot & Ankle The cuneometatarsal ligaments collectively stabilise the three medial cuneiform-metatarsal joints (first through third TMT joints), forming…
Ligament Cuneonavicular Dorsal Ligament ligamentum cuneonaviculare dorsale Foot & Ankle The dorsal cuneonavicular ligament connects the dorsal surface of the navicular to the dorsal surfaces of…
Ligament Deep Medial Collateral Ligament of the Knee ligamentum collaterale tibiale profundum Knee The deep MCL (deep medial collateral ligament, also called the medial capsular ligament or mid-third medial…
Ligament Deep Transverse Metacarpal Ligament ligamentum metacarpale transversum profundum Hand & Wrist The deep transverse metacarpal ligaments are three short, strong bands that connect the palmar plates of…
Ligament Deep Transverse Metatarsal Ligament ligamentum metatarsale transversum profundum Foot & Ankle The deep transverse metatarsal ligament is a thick fibrous band linking the plantar plates of the…
Ligament Deltoid Ligament ligamentum collaterale mediale (ligamentum deltoideum) Foot & Ankle The deltoid is a powerful fan-shaped ligament complex on the medial ankle connecting the medial malleolus…
Ligament Deltoid Ligament (Complete Overview) ligamentum deltoideum pedis (completus) Foot & Ankle The deltoid ligament is the medial ankle ligament complex, consisting of a superficial layer (tibionavicular, tibiocalcaneal,…
Ligament Deltoid Ligament Anterior Component partes tibionavicularis et tibiotalaris anterior ligamenti collateralis medialis Foot & Ankle The anterior component of the deltoid ligament is made up of two bands that leave the…
Ligament Deltoid Ligament Deep Anterior Tibiotalar pars tibiotalaris anterior profunda ligamenti deltoidei Foot & Ankle The anterior deep tibiotalar ligament connects the anterior colliculus of the medial malleolus to the anterior…
Ligament Digital Flexor Pulleys: A2 and A4 vaginae fibrosae digitorum (vincula A2 et A4) Hand & Wrist The A2 and A4 pulleys are biomechanically critical. Loss of either produces measurable bowstringing and reduced…
Ligament DIP Joint Volar Plate fibrocartilago articularis interphalangea distalis Hand & Wrist The DIP joint volar plate is a thick fibrocartilaginous structure on the palmar aspect of the…
Ligament Discal Ligaments of the TMJ ligamenta discalia articulationis temporomandibularis Head & Skull The discal ligaments (collateral discal ligaments) attach the medial and lateral margins of the articular disc…
Ligament Discomalleolar Ligament ligamentum discomalleare Head & Skull The discomalleolar ligament connects the posterior portion of the TMJ disc to the neck of the…
Ligament Distal Interosseous Membrane membrana interossea antebrachii distalis Forearm The distal interosseous membrane of the forearm is the thinner distal portion of the interosseous membrane…
Ligament Dorsal Capitohamate Ligament ligamentum capitohamatum dorsale Hand & Wrist The dorsal capitohamate ligament connects the dorsal surfaces of the capitate and hamate, stabilising the capitohamate…
Ligament Dorsal Carpometacarpal Ligaments ligamenta carpometacarpalia dorsalia Hand & Wrist The dorsal carpometacarpal ligaments are short fibrous bands on the dorsal surface of the hand connecting…
Ligament Dorsal Extensor Retinaculum of the Wrist retinaculum extensorum manus Hand & Wrist The dorsal extensor retinaculum is a broad fibrous band approximately 2-3 cm wide crossing the dorsal…
Ligament Dorsal Intercarpal Ligament ligamentum intercarpale dorsale Hand & Wrist The dorsal intercarpal ligament runs from the dorsal triquetrum obliquely to the dorsal scaphoid and trapezoid,…
Ligament Dorsal Intermetatarsal Ligaments ligamenta metatarsalia dorsalia Foot & Ankle The dorsal intermetatarsal ligaments are short transverse bands connecting the dorsal surfaces of adjacent metatarsal bases,…
Ligament Dorsal Metacarpal Ligaments ligamenta metacarpalia dorsalia Hand & Wrist The dorsal metacarpal ligaments are short fibrous bands connecting the adjacent dorsal bases of the metacarpals,…

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