Anatom3DCollateral interphalangeal ligaments of hand
Ligamenta collateralia articulationum interphalangearum manus · Postranní mezičlánkové vazy ruky
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
Strong bands on each side of the finger joints, from the head of one finger bone to the base of the next.
What it does
Stop the finger joints bending sideways.
Keeping it well
Sprained when a finger is bent sideways in sport (jammed finger). Instability or a crooked joint needs assessment.
Related conditions
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis
- Dupuytren's contracture & trigger finger
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Repetitive strain & overuse injury
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder