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Collateral Ligaments  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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)

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Entry terms

  • Ligaments, Collateral

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