Body Region: Hand & Wrist

  • April 28, 2026
    The long radiolunate ligament runs from the ulnar radial styloid to the lunate, providing secondary restraint against lunate ulnar displacement…
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    The dorsal component of the scapholunate interosseous ligament is the primary stabiliser, being the thickest and strongest of the three…
  • April 28, 2026
    The pisohamate ligament connects the pisiform to the hook of the hamate, transmitting FCU force distally to the hamate and…
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    The pisometacarpal ligament extends from the pisiform to the fifth metacarpal base, completing the FCU tendon's distal force transmission pathway.…
  • April 28, 2026
    The scapholunate ligament has three components — dorsal (strongest), proximal (membranous), and volar. The volar component provides secondary constraint to…
  • April 28, 2026
    The deep transverse metacarpal ligament connects the volar plates of the index to little finger MCP joints, maintaining the transverse…
  • April 28, 2026
    The PIP volar plate is a fibrocartilaginous structure preventing hyperextension, with a solid distal insertion on the middle phalanx and…
  • April 28, 2026
    The MCP collateral ligaments have a cam-shaped metacarpal head origin that makes them taut in MCP flexion and lax in…
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    The three cruciate pulleys (C1, C2, C3) are the X-shaped flexible components of the finger flexor sheath, located between the…
  • April 28, 2026
    The thumb UCL is the most commonly torn ligament in the hand, injured by forceful radial deviation of the thumb…

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