collateral ligament

One of several ligaments on either side of a joint, serving as a radius of hinge-like movement. Collateral ligaments occur at the: 1) elbow 2) knee 3) wrist 4) metacarpophalangeal joints 5) metatarsophalangeal joints 6) proximal interphalangeal joints of the hands & feet 7) distal interphalangeal joints of the hands & feet

Specific

fibular collateral ligament (lateral collateral ligament) medial collateral ligament (MCL) radial collateral ligament of elbow radial collateral ligament of wrist tibial collateral ligament (medial collateral ligament) ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow (medial collateral ligament) ulnar collateral ligament of the wrist (ligamentum collaterale carpi ulnare)

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999