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Abstract
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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- Ligaments, Collateral
- Collateral Ligament
- Ligament, Collateral
- Lateral Ligaments
- Ligaments, Lateral
- Lateral Ligament
- Ligament, Lateral
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
artic ligaments of extremities; coord IM with specific joint or bone (IM)
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Previous Indexing
- Ligaments (1966-1993)
- Ligaments, Articular (1968-1993)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Collateral Ligaments. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017885. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017885
- Collateral Ligaments. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_ligament
- Collateral Ligaments. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1824643