Anatom3DCollateral interphalangeal ligaments of foot
Ligamenta collateralia articulationum interphalangearum pedis · Postranní mezičlánkové vazy nohy
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
Bands on each side of the toe joints.
What it does
Stop the toe joints bending sideways.
Keeping it well
Sprained when a toe is stubbed or caught; usually managed by strapping to the next toe.
Related conditions
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
- Flat feet (pes planus)
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Hammer toe and claw toe
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Morton's neuroma
- Osteoarthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Varicose veins
- Venomous snakebite