Collateral Ligaments
Synonyms
Collateral Ligament
Lateral Ligament
Lateral Ligaments
Ligament, Collateral
Ligament, Lateral
Ligaments, Collateral
Ligaments, Lateral
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)