Collateral Ligaments
"Collateral Ligaments" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D017885
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.513.514.162 A02.835.583.512.162
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| Concept/Terms |
Collateral Ligaments- Collateral Ligaments
- Ligaments, Collateral
- Collateral Ligament
- Ligament, Collateral
Lateral Ligaments- Lateral Ligaments
- Lateral Ligament
- Ligament, Lateral
- Ligaments, Lateral
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