ligament
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Introduction
- a band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting 2 or more bones, cartilages or other structures, or serving as a support for muscle or fascia
- a fold of peritoneum supporting the abdominal viscera
- the cord-like remains of a fetal blood vessel
More general terms
More specific terms
- accessory ligament
- acetabular labrum
- acromioclavicular ligament
- alar ligament (check ligaments of odontoid)
- anococcygeal ligament (Symnigton anococcygeal body)
- antebrachial flexor retinaculum; flexor retinaculum of the forearm; palmar carpal ligament
- anterior atlanto-axial membrane
- anterior atlanto-occipital membrane
- anterior cruciate ligament; ligamentum cruciatum anterius (ACL)
- anterior ligament of malleus (Meckel band/ligament, anterior ligament of Helmholtz)
- anterior longitudinal ligament (lacertus medius)
- anterior sacrococcygeal ligament
- anterior sacroiliac ligament
- anterior talofibular ligament
- anterior tibial talar ligament
- anterior tibiofibular ligament
- anterolateral ligament of knee
- anular ligament of radius
- anular ligament of stapes
- anular ligament(s) of trachea
- anulus fibrosus of intervertebral disk
- apical ligament of dens
- arcuate popliteal ligament (popliteal arch, posterior ligament of knee)
- bifurcate ligament
- broad ligament of uterus
- calcaneocuboid ligament
- calcaneofibular ligament
- calcaneonavicular ligament
- cardinal ligament; Mackenrodt ligament; transverse cervical ligament; ligamentum transversale cervicis
- check ligaments of eyeball (medial & lateral rectus muscles)
- ciliary zonule (suspensory ligament of lens, Zinn zonule fiber)
- conoid ligament
- coracoacromial ligament
- coracoclavicular ligament; Caldani ligament
- coracohumeral ligament
- coronary ligament of knee
- coronary ligament of liver
- costoclavicular ligament (rhomboid ligament)
- costoxiphoid/chondroxiphoid ligament (anterior/posterior)
- cricothyroid ligament, (ligaments of cricothyroid joint)
- cricotracheal ligament
- cruciform (cruciate) ligament of atlas (C1)
- deep transverse metacarpal ligament
- deep transverse metatarsal ligament
- denticulate ligament
- dorsal carpometacarpal ligament (cutaneous ligament)
- dorsal cuneonavicular ligament
- dorsal metacarpal ligament
- dorsal metatarsal ligament
- dorsal talonavicular ligament
- dorsal tarsometatarsal ligament
- extensor retinaculum (dorsal carpal ligament)
- falciform ligament of liver
- falciform process of sacrotuberous ligament
- fibular collateral ligament (lateral collateral ligament)
- flexor retinaculum (transverse carpal ligament)
- fundiform ligament of penis
- gastrocolic ligament
- gastrophrenic ligament
- gastroslenic ligament
- glenohumeral ligament
- glenoid labrum
- hepatoduodenal ligament
- hepatogastric ligament
- hyoepiglottic ligament
- hypogastric sheath
- iliofemoral ligament
- iliolumbar ligament
- iliopectineal arch (deep crural arch)
- inferior extensor retinaculum (cruciate ligament of leg, inferior retinaculum of extensor muscles)
- inferior pubic ligament (pubic arcuate ligament)
- inguinal ligament
- interclavicular ligament
- interosseous membrane of forearm
- interosseous membrane of leg (transverse tibiofibular ligament)
- interosseous metacarpal ligament
- interosseous metatarsal ligament
- interosseous sacroiliac ligament
- interspinous ligament
- intertransverse ligament
- intra-articular sternocostal ligament; sternocostal radiate ligament (anterior/posterior)
- intraarticular ligament of head of rib (intraarticular ligament of costal head)
- ischiofemoral ligament
- lacunar ligament
- lateral (thyrohyoid/hyothyroid) ligament (Berry ligament)
- lateral arcuate ligament (lateral lumbocostal arch)
- lateral ligament of bladder
- lateral ligament of malleus
- lateral palpebral ligament
- lateral(posterior) sacrococcygeal ligament, (intercornual ligament)
- lateral/posterior costotransverse ligament
- left triangular ligament of liver
- ligament of head of femur (ligamentum capitis femoris, round ligament of femur)
- ligament of ovary
- ligament of Treitz
- ligamentum flavum
- ligamentum nuchae
- ligamentum venosum
- linea alba
- lumbocostal ligament
- medial arcuate ligament (medial lumbocostal arch)
- medial ligament of ankle (deltoid ligament)
- medial palpebral ligament
- medial umbilical ligament
- median (thyrohyoid/hyothyroid) ligament
- median arcuate ligament
- median cricothyroid ligament
- median umbilical ligament; urachial ligament
- meniscofemoral ligament
- middle costotransverse ligament
- oblique popliteal ligament (Bourgery ligament)
- palmar ligament
- palmar radiocarpal ligament
- patellar ligament
- pectineal ligament
- pericardiacophrenic ligament
- perineal membrane (triangular ligament, Camper ligament)
- periodontal ligament (periodontium)
- phrenicocolic ligament; costocolic ligament
- pisohamate ligament
- pisometacarpal ligament
- plantar calcaneocuboid (short) ligament
- plantar calcaneonavicular (spring) ligament
- plantar cuboideonavicular ligament
- plantar cuneocuboid ligament
- plantar cuneonavicular ligament
- plantar ligament
- plantar metatarsal (intermetatarsal) ligament
- plantar tarsometatarsal ligament
- posterior atlanto-occipital membrane
- posterior cricoarytenoid ligament
- posterior cruciate ligament (PCL, ligamentum cruciatum posterius)
- posterior ligament of incus
- posterior longitudinal ligament
- posterior meniscofemoral ligament
- posterior sacroiliac ligament
- posterior talofibular ligament
- posterior tibial talar ligament
- posterior tibiofibular ligament
- pubofemoral ligament
- puboprostatic ligament
- pubovesical ligament (medial puboprostatic ligament)
- pubovesicular ligament
- pulmonary ligament; Teutleben ligament
- radial collateral ligament of elbow
- radial collateral ligament of wrist
- radiate carpal ligament
- radiate ligament of head of rib (stellate ligament)
- retinacular ligament
- right triangular ligament of liver
- round ligament of liver (ligamentum teres hepatis)
- round ligament of uterus (ligamentum teres uteri)
- sacrospinous ligament
- sacrotuberous ligament
- skin ligament (retinacula cutis)
- sphenomandibular ligament
- spiral ligament of cochlea
- splenorenal ligament; lienorenal ligament
- sternoclavicular ligament (anterior/posterior)
- sternopericardial ligament (Lannelongue/Luschika ligament)
- stylohyoid ligament
- stylomandibular ligament
- superficial transverse metacarpal ligament (Gendy fibers)
- superficial transverse metatarsal ligament
- superior pubic ligament
- superior retinaculum of extensor muscles (transverse ligament of leg, transverse crural ligament)
- superior/anterior costotransverse ligament
- suprascapular ligament (superior transverse scapular ligament)
- supraspinous ligament
- suspensory ligament
- suspensory ligament of eyeball (Lockwood ligament)
- suspensory ligament of the axilla (Campbell/Gerdy ligament)
- talocalcaneal ligament
- temporomandibular ligament
- thyroepiglottic ligament
- thyrohyoid membrane
- tibial collateral ligament (medial collateral ligament)
- tibiocalcaneal ligament; calcaneotibial ligament
- tibionavicular ligament
- transverse acetabular ligament
- transverse humeral ligament
- transverse ligament of the atlas; Lauth ligament; transverse atlantal ligament
- transverse perineal ligament
- trapezoid ligament
- ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow (medial collateral ligament)
- ulnar collateral ligament of the wrist (ligamentum collaterale carpi ulnare)
- urachus
- uterosacral ligament
- vestibular ligament
- vocal ligament
- zona orbicularis
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995