- May 2, 2026The scapholunate ligament has three components — dorsal (strongest), proximal (membranous), and volar. The volar component provides secondary constraint to…
- May 2, 2026The dorsal component of the scapholunate interosseous ligament is the primary stabiliser, being the thickest and strongest of the three…
- May 2, 2026The deep transverse metacarpal ligament connects the volar plates of the index to little finger MCP joints, maintaining the transverse…
- May 2, 2026The PIP volar plate is a fibrocartilaginous structure preventing hyperextension, with a solid distal insertion on the middle phalanx and…
- May 2, 2026The MCP collateral ligaments have a cam-shaped metacarpal head origin that makes them taut in MCP flexion and lax in…
- May 2, 2026The three cruciate pulleys (C1, C2, C3) are the X-shaped flexible components of the finger flexor sheath, located between the…
- May 2, 2026The dorsal wrist extrinsic ligaments — the dorsoradiotriquetral and dorsal intercarpal ligament — provide dorsal wrist stability by connecting the…
- May 2, 2026The palmar extrinsic wrist ligaments — radioscaphocapitate, long radiolunate (radio-triquetral), and short radiolunate — are the strongest wrist ligaments and…
- May 2, 2026The thumb UCL is the most commonly torn ligament in the hand, injured by forceful radial deviation of the thumb…
- May 2, 2026The volar plates are fibrocartilaginous structures on the palmar aspect of each finger joint (MCP, PIP, and DIP) that prevent…