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Collateral Ligaments MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Collateral Ligaments
Tree Number(s)
A02.513.514.162
A02.835.583.512.162
A10.165.669.514.162
Unique ID
D017885
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017885
Annotation
artic ligaments of extremities; coord IM with specific joint or bone (IM)
Scope Note
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)
Entry Term(s)
Lateral Ligaments
Ligaments, Collateral
Ligaments, Lateral
Previous Indexing
Ligaments (1966-1993)
Ligaments, Articular (1968-1993)
Public MeSH Note
94
History Note
94
Date Introduced
1994/01/01
Last Updated
2017/06/20
Collateral Ligaments Preferred
Lateral Ligaments Related
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