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