Radial collateral ligament (thumb)
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| Ligament: Radial collateral ligament (thumb) | ||
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| Ligaments of wrist. Anterior view. (Radial collateral visible at left.) | ||
| Latin | ligamentum collaterale carpi radiale | |
| Gray's | subject #86 328 | |
| From | radial styloid process | |
| To | navicular bone | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12491922 | |
The radial collateral ligament (external lateral ligament, radial carpal collateral ligament) extends from the tip of the styloid process of the radius to the radial side of the navicular, some of its fibers being prolonged to the greater multangular bone and the transverse carpal ligament.
It is in relation with the radial artery, which separates the ligament from the tendons of the Abductor pollicis longus and Extensor pollicis brevis.
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