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Ligament

noun

A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs.

Any connection or unifying bond.

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Etymology of 'Ligament'

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falciform ligament

ligamentum teres uteri

round ligament of the uterus

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"Ligament" Quotes from Famous Books

... redundance the splendor of its tint and quality; her face, lately so wan and lean and ghastly, was roseate, and the lines had strangely filled out in soft curves to their wonted contour; her hands lay supple and white and quiet in her lap, with not a tense ligament, not a throbbing fibre—delicate, beautiful hands—it seemed odd to her companions to think how they had seen her wring them in woe and clench them in despair. Her black gown with its heavy folds of crape had an element ...

— The Ordeal - A Mountain Romance of Tennessee • Charles Egbert Craddock

... inguinal hernia. In quadrupeds the main weight of the abdominal viscera is supported by the ribs and by strong pectoral and abdominal muscles. The weakest part of the latter group of muscles is in the region of Poupart's ligament, above the groin. Inguinal hernia is rare in other vertebrates because this weak part is relieved by the pressure of the viscera. In man the pelvis receives almost the entire load of the intestines, and hence Art is called in to compensate the ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 • Various

... the choroid coat, where the ciliary ligament begins, is fixed a moveable and curious membrane, called the iris; this membrane has a perforation in the middle, called the pupil, for the admission of the rays of light. The iris is composed of two kinds of fibres: ...

— Popular Lectures on Zoonomia - Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease • Thomas Garnett

Words linked to "Ligament" : wire, round ligament of the uterus, binder, musculature, ligature, attachment, chain, muscular structure, falciform ligament, connective tissue, muscle system, bond