Mesh term Collateral Ligaments
Browse to parent terms:Ligaments, Articular
Description
A number of ligaments on either side of, and serving as a radius of movement of, a joint having a hingelike movement. They occur at the elbow, knee, wrist, metacarpo- and metatarsophalangeal, proximal interphalangeal, and distal interphalangeal joints of the hands and feet. (Stedman, 25th ed)Browse to child terms:
Collateral Ligament, Ulnar
Lateral Ligament, Ankle
Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee
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