Which ligaments run along the sides of joints to bind the leg bones together?

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Collateral ligaments run along the sides of joints, binding the adjacent leg bones together and stabilizing the joint against sideways forces. They come in medial and lateral pairs, providing essential side-to-side stability as the limb bears weight and moves. This side-binding role is exactly what the description points to.

Capsular ligaments are part of the joint capsule itself, helping to enclose the joint but not specifically providing the side-to-side binding. Interosseous ligaments connect bones within a region (between bones in the forearm or between the cannon and splint bones, for example) and stabilize along the bone shafts rather than primarily binding the joint on its sides. Sesamoidean ligaments link the sesamoid bones around joints like the fetlock to support the suspensory system, not the general side-to-side joint binding.