A ligament is a type of fibrous tissue that connects bones (or two different parts of a single bone).
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| x Ligamentum arteriosum |
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The ligamentum arteriosum (or arterial ligament) is a small ligament attached to the superior surface of the pulmonary trunk and the inferior surface of the aortic arch. It is a nonfunctional vestige of the ductus arteriosus, and is formed within...
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| x Ulnar collateral ligament |
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The ulnar collateral ligament (UCL or internal lateral ligament) is a thick triangular band at the medial aspect of the elbow connecting the ulna to the humerus. It consists of two portions, an anterior and posterior united by a thinner intermediate...
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| x Cricothyroid ligament |
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The cricothyroid ligament is the larger part of the laryngeal membrane, continuing inferiorly as a median or anterior part and twin lateral ligaments.
The median cricothyroid ligament is a flat band of white tissue joining the cricoid and thyroid...
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| x Medial collateral ligament |
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The medial collateral ligament of the knee is one of the four major ligaments of the knee. It is on the medial (inner) side of the knee joint in humans and other primates. It is also known as the tibial collateral ligament, or abbreviated as the MCL...
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| x Sacrotuberous ligament |
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The sacrotuberous ligament (great or posterior sacrosciatic ligament) is situated at the lower and back part of the pelvis. It is flat, and triangular in form; narrower in the middle than at the ends.
It runs from the sacrum (the lower transverse...
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| x Sacrospinous ligament |
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The sacrospinous ligament (small or anterior sacrosciatic ligament) is a thin, triangular ligament attached by its apex to the ischial spine, and medially, by its broad base, to the lateral margins of the sacrum and coccyx, in front of the...
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| x Palmar carpal ligament |
The palmar carpal ligament (also volar carpal ligament) is a term that is often used in anatomy to describe the thickened portion of antebrachial fascia on the anterior of the wrist. It is officially unnamed.
The palmar carpal ligament is a...
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| x Flexor retinaculum of the hand |
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The flexor retinaculum (transverse carpal ligament, or anterior annular ligament) is a strong, fibrous band that arches over the carpus, converting the deep groove on the front of the carpal bones into a tunnel, the carpal tunnel, through which the...
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| x Interfoveolar ligament |
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Lateral to the inguinal aponeurotic falx is a ligamentous band connected with the lower margin of the transversus abdominis muscle and extending down in front of the inferior epigastric artery to the superior ramus of the pubis; it is termed the...
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| x Supraspinous ligament |
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The supraspinal ligament (supraspinous ligament) is a strong fibrous cord, which connects together the apices of the spinous processes from the seventh cervical vertebra to the sacrum; at the points of attachment to the tips of the spinous processes...
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| x Stylohyoid ligament |
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In connection with the stylohyoideus muscle a ligamentous band, the stylohyoid ligament, may be described.
It is a fibrous cord, which is attached to the tip of the styloid process of the temporal bone and the lesser cornu (lesser horn) of the hyoid...
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| x Lateral hyothyroid ligament |
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The lateral thyrohyoid ligament (lateral hyothyroid ligament) is a round elastic cord, which forms the posterior border of the hyothyroid membrane and passes between the tip of the superior cornu of the thyroid cartilage and the extremity of the...
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| x Hyothyroid membrane |
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The hyothyroid membrane (thyrohyoid membrane) is a broad, fibro-elastic layer, attached below to the upper border of the thyroid cartilage and to the front of its superior cornu, and above to the upper margin of the posterior surface of the body and...
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| x Temporomandibular ligament |
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The temporomandibular ligament (external lateral ligament) consists of two short, narrow fasciculi, one in front of the other, attached, above, to the lateral surface of the zygomatic arch and to the tubercle on its lower border; below, to the...
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| x Stylomandibular ligament |
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The stylomandibular ligament is a specialized band of the cervical fascia, which extends from near the apex of the styloid process of the temporal bone to the angle and posterior border of the angle of the mandible, between the Masseter and...
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| x Round ligament of uterus |
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The round ligament of the uterus originates at the uterine horns, in the parametrium. The round ligament leaves the pelvis via the deep inguinal ring, passes through the inguinal canal and continues on to the labia majora where its fibers spread and...
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| x Sphenomandibular ligament |
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The sphenomandibular ligament (internal lateral ligament) is a flat, thin band which is attached superiorly to the spina angularis (spine) of the sphenoid bone, and, becoming broader as it descends, is fixed to the lingula of the mandibular foramen....
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| x Vocal ligaments |
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The vocal ligaments (or inferior thyroarytenoid) are two strong bands enclosed within the vocal folds.
Each ligament consists of a band of yellow elastic tissue, attached in front to the angle of the thyroid cartilage, and behind to the vocal...
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| x Falciform ligament |
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The falciform ligament is a ligament that attaches the liver to the anterior body wall. It is a broad and thin antero-posterior peritoneal fold, falciform (Latin "sickle-shaped"), its base being directed downward and backward and its apex upward and...
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| x Interosseous talocalcaneal ligament |
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The interosseous talocalcaneal ligament forms the chief bond of union between the bones.
It is, in fact, a portion of the united capsules of the talocalcaneonavicular and the talocalcaneal joints, and consists of two partially united layers of...
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| x Anterior talocalcaneal ligament |
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The anterior talocalcaneal ligament (anterior calcaneo-astragaloid ligament) extends from the front and lateral surface of the neck of the talus to the superior surface of the calcaneus.
It forms the posterior boundary of the talocalcaneonavicular...
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| x Lateral talocalcaneal ligament |
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The lateral talocalcaneal ligament (external calcaneo-astragaloid ligament) is a short, strong fasciculus, passing from the lateral surface of the talus, immediately beneath its fibular facet to the lateral surface of the calcaneus.
It is placed in...
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| x Posterior talocalcaneal ligament |
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The posterior talocalcaneal ligament (posterior calcaneo-astragaloid ligament) connects the lateral tubercle of the talus with the upper and medial part of the calcaneus; it is a short band, and its fibers radiate from their narrow attachment to the...
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| x Medial talocalcaneal ligament |
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The medial talocalcaneal ligament (internal calcaneo-astragaloid ligament) connects the medial tubercle of the back of the talus with the back of the sustentaculum tali.
Its fibers blend with those of the plantar calcaneonavicular ligament.
This...
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| x Calcaneofibular ligament |
The calcaneofibular ligament is a narrow, rounded cord, running from the apex of the fibular malleolus downward and slightly backward to a tubercle on the lateral surface of the calcaneus.
It is covered by the tendons of the Peronæi longus and...
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| x Ligamentum venosum |
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The ligamentum venosum is the fibrous remnant of the ductus venosus of the fetal circulation. Usually, it is attached to the left branch of the portal vein within the porta hepatis (gateway to the liver). It may be continuous with the round ligament...
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| x Posterior sternoclavicular ligament |
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The posterior sternoclavicular ligament is a band of fibers, covering the posterior surface of the sternoclavicular joint. It is attached above to the upper and back part of the sternal end of the clavicle, and, passing obliquely downward and...
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| x Broad ligament of the uterus |
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The broad ligament of the uterus is the wide fold of peritoneum that connects the sides of the uterus to the walls and floor of the pelvis.
The broad ligament may be divided into three subcomponents:
The contents of the broad ligament include the...
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| x Ligament of the left vena cava |
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Between the left pulmonary artery and subjacent pulmonary vein is a triangular fold of the serous pericardium; it is known as the ligament of the left vena cava (vestigial fold of Marshall).
It is formed by the duplicature of the serous layer over...
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| x Suspensory ligament of the lens |
The zonular fibers are fibers which connect the lens to the rest of the eye. Collectively, they are known as the suspensory ligament of the lens.
More specifically, the zonula ciliaris splits into two layers, one of which is thin and lines the...
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| x Annular ligament |
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The anular ligament (orbicular ligament) is a strong band of fibers, which encircles the head of the radius (bone), and retains it in contact with the radial notch of the ulna.
Per Terminologia Anatomica, the spelling is "anular", but the spelling ...
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| x Cruciate crural ligament |
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The inferior extensor retinaculum of the foot (cruciate crural ligament, lower part of anterior annular ligament) is a Y-shaped band placed in front of the ankle-joint, the stem of the Y being attached laterally to the upper surface of the calcaneus...
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| x Fibular collateral ligament |
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The fibular collateral ligament (long external lateral ligament or lateral collateral ligament, LCL) is a ligament located on the lateral (outer) side of the knee, and thus belongs to the extrinsic knee ligaments and posterolateral corner of the...
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| x Intercondyloid eminence |
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The intercondylar eminence is a structure of the tibia.
Between the articular facets of the proximal tibia, but nearer the posterior than the anterior aspect of the bone, is the intercondyloid eminence' (intercondylar eminence, spine of tibia),...
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| x Pulmonary ligament |
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The root of the lung is covered in front, above, and behind by pleura; at its inferior border, the investing layers come into contact. Here they form a sort of mesenteric fold, the pulmonary ligament, which extends between the inferior part of the...
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| x Iliofemoral ligament |
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The iliofemoral ligament is a ligament of the hip joint which extends from the ilium to the femur in front of the joint. It is also referred to as the Y-ligament (see below) or the ligament of Bigelow, and any combinations of these names.
With a...
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| x Pubofemoral ligament |
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The pubofemoral ligament (pubocapsular ligament) is a ligament on the inferior side of the hip joint.
This ligament is attached, above, to the obturator crest and the superior ramus of the pubis; below, it blends with the capsule and with the deep...
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| x Ischiofemoral ligament |
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The ischiocapsular ligament (ischiofemoral ligament, ischiocapsular band; ligament of Bertin) consists of a triangular band of strong fibers on the posterior side of the hip joint. Its fibers span from the ischium at a point below and behind the...
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| x Ligament of head of femur |
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The ligament of the head of the femur (Latin: ligamentum capitis femoris), or the round ligament of the femur (Latin: ligamentum teres femoris), is a triangular, somewhat flattened band implanted by its apex into the antero-superior part of the...
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| x Superior transverse scapular ligament |
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The superior transverse ligament (transverse or suprascapular ligament) converts the scapular notch into a foramen or opening.
It is a thin and flat fasciculus, narrower at the middle than at the extremities, attached by one end to the base of the...
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| x Inferior transverse ligament of scapula |
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The inferior transverse ligament (spinoglenoid ligament) is a weak membranous band, situated behind the neck of the scapula and stretching from the lateral border of the spine to the margin of the glenoid cavity.
It forms an arch under which the...
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| x Lacunar ligament |
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The lacunar ligament (also named Gimbernat’s ligament) is a ligament in the inguinal region that connects the inguinal ligament to the pectineal ligament near the point where they both insert on the pubic tubercle.
It is the part of the aponeurosis...
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| x Laciniate ligament |
The laciniate ligament (internal annular ligament, flexor retinaculum of foot) is a strong fibrous band, extending from the tibial malleolus above to the margin of the calcaneus below, converting a series of bony grooves in this situation into...
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| x Radial collateral ligament |
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The radial collateral ligament (external lateral ligament) is a short and narrow fibrous band, less distinct than the ulnar collateral, attached, above, to a depression below the lateral epicondyle of the humerus; below, to the annular ligament,...
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| x Pisohamate ligament |
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The pisohamate ligament is a ligament in the hand. It is the volar ligament that connects the pisiform to the hamate. It is a prolongation of the tendon of the Flexor carpi ulnaris.
It serves as part of the origin for the abductor digiti minimi....
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| x Iliolumbar ligament |
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The iliolumbar ligament is a strong ligament passing from the tip of the transverse process of the fifth lumbar vertebra to the posterior part of the inner lip of the iliac crest (upper margin of ilium).
It forms the thickened lower border of two of...
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| x Anterior sacroiliac ligament |
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The anterior sacroiliac ligament consists of numerous thin bands, which connect the anterior surface of the lateral part of the sacrum to the margin of the auricular surface of the ilium and to the preauricular sulcus.
This article was originally...
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| x Posterior ligament of the head of the fibula |
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The posterior ligament of the head of the fibula is a part of the knee. It is a single thick and broad band, which passes obliquely upward from the back of the head of the fibula to the back of the lateral condyle of the tibia.
It is covered by the...
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| x Anterior ligament of the head of the fibula |
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The anterior ligament of the head of the fibula (anterior superior ligament) consists of two or three broad and flat bands, which pass obliquely upward from the front of the head of the fibula to the front of the lateral condyle of the tibia.
This...
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| x Anterior ligament of the lateral malleolus |
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The anterior ligament of the lateral malleolus (anterior tibiofibular ligament, anterior inferior ligament) is a flat, triangular band of fibers, broader below than above, which extends obliquely downward and lateralward between the adjacent margins...
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| x Posterior ligament of the lateral malleolus |
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The posterior ligament of the lateral malleolus (posterior tibiofibular ligament, posterior inferior ligament). It is smaller than the anterior ligament of the lateral malleolus and is disposed in a similar manner on the posterior surface of the...
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| x Transverse ligament of the atlas |
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The transverse ligament of the atlas is a thick, strong band, which arches across the ring of the atlas, and retains the odontoid process in contact with the anterior arch.
It is concave in front, convex behind, broader and thicker in the middle...
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| x Anterior sacrococcygeal ligament |
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The anterior sacrococcygeal ligament or ventral sacrococcygeal ligament consists of a few irregular fibers, which descend from the anterior surface of the sacrum to the front of the coccyx, blending with the periosteum.
This short ligament forms the...
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| x Posterior longitudinal ligament |
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The posterior longitudinal ligament is situated within the vertebral canal, and extends along the posterior surfaces of the bodies of the vertebræ, from the body of the axis, where it is continuous with the membrana tectoria, to the sacrum.
It is...
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| x Palmar intercarpal ligaments |
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The palmar intercarpal ligaments are fibrous bands that extend transversely across the palmar surfaces of the carpal bones, connecting adjacent carpals. These are the ligaments that define the structure of the palmar arch.
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