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=== Ligaments === [[File:Braus 1921 201.png|thumb|500px|Four groups of ligaments in the region of the wrist (shown in four different colors.)]] There are four groups of ligaments in the region of the wrist:<ref name="Platzer-130">Platzer 2004, p 130</ref> # The ligaments of the [[wrist]] proper which unite the [[ulna]] and [[radius (bone)|radius]] with the carpus: the [[Ulnar collateral ligament of wrist joint|ulnar]] and [[Radial collateral ligament of wrist joint|radial collateral ligament]]s; the [[palmar radiocarpal ligament|palmar]] and [[dorsal radiocarpal ligament]]s; and the [[palmar ulnocarpal ligament]]. (Shown in blue in the figure.) # The ligaments of the [[intercarpal articulations]] which unite the carpal bones with one another: the [[radiate carpal ligament]]; the [[dorsal intercarpal ligament|dorsal]], [[palmar intercarpal ligaments|palmar]], and [[interosseous intercarpal ligaments]]; and the [[pisohamate ligament]]. (Shown in red in the figure.) # The ligaments of the [[carpometacarpal articulations]] which unite the carpal bones with the metacarpal bones: the [[pisometacarpal ligament]] and the [[palmar carpometacarpal ligaments|palmar]] and [[dorsal carpometacarpal ligaments]]. (Shown in green in the figure.) # The ligaments of the [[intermetacarpal articulations]] which unite the metacarpal bones: the dorsal, interosseous, and palmar metacarpal ligaments. (Shown in yellow in the figure.)
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