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)