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Definition of Ligaments
1. ligament [n] - See also: ligament
Medical Definition of Ligaments
1. Bands of fibrous tissue connecting bones and cartilage, serving to support and strengthen joints. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ligaments
Literary usage of Ligaments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Ligaments.—The bladder is retained in its place by ligaments, ... The true
ligaments are five in number: two anterior, two lateral, and the urachus. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The dorsal ligaments, two in number, are placed transversely behind the bones of the
... The volar ligaments, also two, connect the navicular and lunate, ..."
3. Operative gynecology by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1917)
"I. Transperitoneal transplantation of round ligaments, leaving free bands ...
Lateral folding of round ligaments, vn. Ventral suturing of round ligaments. ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1891)
"The diseases chiefly affecting these two sets of ligaments are relaxation and
contraction. ... The retro- uterine ligaments are more frequently affected by ..."
5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"forming a supra vaginal hysterectomy: first, the anchoring of these ligaments to
the cervical stump; second, their treatment independently of the cervical ..."
6. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1851)
"Cruciforme», Crucial ligaments — I. Jaune*, Yellow ligaments — 1. Large» tie
l'»férus, see Uterus—1. of the Larynx, inferior, Thyreo-arytenoid ligaments—l. ..."
7. Animal Locomotion by James Bell Pettigrew (1874)
"The air and the elastic ligaments contribute to the elevation of the wing, but
both are obviously under control—they, in fact, form links in a chain of ..."
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