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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 Flexor Retinaculum (Ankle) retinaculum musculorum flexorum pedis Foot & Ankle The flexor retinaculum (laciniate ligament) forms the fibro-osseous roof of the tarsal tunnel, converting the space…
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 Retinaculum Ankle Detail retinaculum musculorum flexorum pedis detail Foot & Ankle The flexor retinaculum of the ankle (laciniate ligament) spans from the medial malleolus to the calcaneus,…
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 Fourth MTP Plantar Plate planta pedis articulationis metatarsophalangealis quarti Foot & Ankle The plantar plate of the fourth MTP joint provides the plantar floor of the fourth metatarsophalangeal…
Ligament Fourth Tarsometatarsal Ligament ligamentum tarsometatarsale quartum Foot & Ankle The fourth tarsometatarsal ligament connects the fourth metatarsal base to the cuboid, forming part of the…
Ligament Gastrocolic Ligament ligamentum gastrocolicum Abdomen The gastrocolic ligament is the upper portion of the greater omentum connecting the greater curvature of…
Ligament Gastrophrenic Ligament ligamentum gastrophrenicum Abdomen The gastrophrenic ligament connects the posterior fundus of the stomach to the inferior surface of the…
Ligament Gastrosplenic Ligament ligamentum gastrolienale Abdomen The gastrosplenic ligament is a fold of peritoneum connecting the greater curvature of the stomach to…
Ligament Glenohumeral Capsule capsula articularis humeri Shoulder The glenohumeral joint capsule is a redundant fibrous envelope that must accommodate the enormous range of… Also: Detail
Ligament Glenohumeral Ligaments ligamenta glenohumeralia Shoulder The glenohumeral ligaments are three thickenings of the anterior glenohumeral joint capsule, the superior, middle, and…
Ligament Glenoid Labrum (Complete) labrum glenoidale Shoulder The glenoid labrum is a fibrocartilaginous rim deepening the glenoid socket, with the glenohumeral ligaments attaching…
Ligament Grayson Ligament ligamentum Graysoni Hand & Wrist Grayson ligaments are volar cutaneous ligaments of the fingers, arising from the fibrous flexor sheath and…
Ligament Greater Omentum omentum majus Abdomen The greater omentum is a large peritoneal apron hanging from the greater curvature of the stomach…
Ligament Hallucal Sesamoid Ligament ligamentum sesamoideum hallucis Foot & Ankle The hallucal sesamoid ligament is the fibrocartilaginous connection between the two sesamoid bones of the great…
Ligament Hallux Plantar Plate planta pedis articulationis metatarsophalangealis hallucis Foot & Ankle The plantar plate of the hallux MTP joint is a fibrocartilaginous structure on the plantar MTP…
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 Hepatoduodenal Ligament ligamentum hepatoduodenale Abdomen The hepatoduodenal ligament is the free edge of the lesser omentum connecting the liver hilum to… Also: Detail
Ligament Hepatogastric Ligament ligamentum hepatogastricum Abdomen The hepatogastric ligament is the larger and thinner portion of the lesser omentum, extending from the…
Ligament Hepatorenal Ligament ligamentum hepatorenale Abdomen The hepatorenal ligament is a peritoneal fold connecting the inferior surface of the right hepatic lobe…
Ligament Hip Capsular Ligament System (Complete) systema ligamentorum capsularium coxae Pelvis & Hip The complete hip capsular ligament system comprises the iliofemoral Y-ligament (strongest), pubofemoral ligament (anteromedial), ischiofemoral ligament…
Ligament Hip Retinacular Fibres fibrae retinaculares capsulae coxae Pelvis & Hip The retinacular fibres of the hip are reflections of the hip joint capsule onto the femoral…

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