Intermetacarpal joints
Intermetacarpal joints | |
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Identifiers | |
Latin | Articulationes intermetacarpales |
TA98 | A03.5.11.401 |
TA2 | 1831 |
FMA | 71363 |
Anatomical terminology |
The intermetacarpal joints are in the hand formed between the metacarpal bones. The bases of the second, third, fourth and fifth metacarpal bones articulate with one another by small surfaces covered with cartilage. The metacarpal bones are connected together by dorsal, palmar, and interosseous ligaments.
- The (ligamenta metacarpalia dorsalia) and (ligamenta metacarpalia palmaria) pass transversely from one bone to another on the dorsal and palmar surfaces.
- The (ligamenta metacarpalia interossea) connect their contiguous surfaces, just distal to their collateral articular facets.
The synovial membrane for these joints is continuous with that of the carpometacarpal joints.
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See also[]
- Transverse metacarpal ligament
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 331 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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