WRIST-LIGAMENTS

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SUMMARY

1. Radioulnar ligaments: dorsal, volar
2. Extrinsic carpal ligaments (thickening of the wrist capsule): dorsal, volar, radio-carpal collateral, ulno-carpal collateral
3. Intrinsic carpal ligaments:
- Scapho-lunate complex: dorsal (most important for stability), volar, intermediate/interosseous components
- Luno-triquetral


Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.