title: The dorsal carpal ligaments: their anatomy and function.
abstract: The dorsal carpal ligaments were studied in 50 embalmed wrists. The radial collateral ligament was thin and oblique. The distribution of the dorsal radio-carpal ligament varied and it was classified into four subtypes. Neither ulnar collateral ligament nor dorsal radio-ulnar ligament was isolated as a discrete structure: instead, there were confluent soft tissues on the dorso-ulnar aspect of the wrist. The dorsal radio-carpal ligament and the dorso-ulnar component of the triangular fibro-cartilage complex, as well as the fibrous septa and the extensor tendons, were found to be the most important stabilizers of the wrist dorsally.
authors.affiliation: Hiroshima Prefectural Rehabilitation Center, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizuseki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikuta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology