Joints & ligaments
Collateral metatarsophalangeal ligaments
Ligamenta metatarsophalangea collateralia
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Lower limb, Foot
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Metatarsophalangeal joints
DescriptionUnreviewed
The collateral ligaments of metatarsophalangeal joints are strong, rounded cords, placed one on either side of each joint, and attached, by one end, to the posterior tubercle on the side of the head of the metatarsal bone, and, by the other, to the contiguous extremity of the phalanx.
The place of dorsal ligaments is supplied by the extensor tendons on the dorsal surfaces of the joints.
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Names
- Latin
- Ligamenta metatarsophalangea collateralia
- English
- Collateral metatarsophalangeal ligaments
- French
- Ligaments métatarsophalangiens collatéraux
- Spanish
- Ligamentos metatarsofalángicos colaterales
- Portuguese
- Ligamentos metatarsofalangeanos colaterais