Ligaments of Fingers Hands Oblique

Ligaments of the fingers of the hand, oblique, - (lat. l. obliquum digitorum, lat. “oblique”, “not straight”); oblique ligaments of the wrist joint, ligamentous apparatus of the main joints of the hand. They are thick tendons running from the bones of the wrist at an angle to the palmar-dorsal axis of the hand (hence the name “oblique” ligaments). On top of them is a layer of connective tissue in the form of a bag. Below the ligaments are the synovial sheaths for the tendons through which they pass. These ligaments strengthen the joints and the finger bone (later