Palmar interphalangeal ligaments

Looks like

Thick plates of fibrocartilage (volar plates) on the palm side of the finger joints.

What it does

Stop the finger joints bending backward.

Keeping it well

Torn when a finger is bent backward (ball-catching injury). Untreated, it can lead to a stiff or swan-neck finger.

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