Collateral ligaments of metatarsophalangeal articulations

Collateral ligaments of metatarsophalangeal articulations
Details
Latin ligamenta collateralia articulationum metatarsophalangealium
Identifiers
Gray's p.359
Dorlands
/Elsevier
l_09/12491912
TA A03.6.10.802
FMA 71424
Anatomical terminology

The collateral ligaments of metatarsophalangeal articulations 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.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)