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ligament Definition

liga·ment (ligə mənt)

noun

  1. a bond or tie connecting one thing with another
  2. Anat. a band of tough tissue connecting bones or holding organs in place

Etymology: L ligamentum < ligare, to tie, bind: see ligature

ligament Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • sprain: Sean Marshall In the same game, Sean sprained the ankle ligaments in his right foot.
  • rupture: Therefore the injury begins medially, rupturing the deltoid ligament or pulling of the medial malleolus.
  • tear: Another patient is a builder who tore the ligaments in his knee.
  • injure: Dale Binns is new Stevenage manager Mark Stimson's only headache, having injured a knee ligament in the build-up to the season.

Adjective modifier

  • cruciate: An MRI scan was arranged which revealed the anterior cruciate ligament to be ruptured.
  • anterior: An MRI scan was arranged which revealed the anterior cruciate ligament to be ruptured.
  • torn: Instead the torn ligament must be replaced by a graft.
  • suspensory: The vet injected the suspensory ligament which sorted that problem out.
  • inguinal: The nerve travels to the thigh by passing under or through the inguinal ligament in its own tunnel.
  • medial: He sustained a 90 per cent tear of his medial ligaments in last Tuesday's Test match.

Modifies a noun

  • rupture: Micky Adams will be without Isaac Osbourne who has a knee ligament rupture.
  • laxity: Cruciate ligament reconstruction may alleviate the anterior knee pain associated with anterior or posterior cruciate ligament laxity.
  • sprain: These injuries include ligament sprains or tears, dislocations of the kneecap and cartilage ( meniscus ) injuries.
  • reconstruction: Early range of motion training after ligament reconstruction of the ankle joint.
  • injury: Wes Daly - Wes has a lateral ligament injury in his left knee.

Noun used with modifier

  • deltoid: A few also have localized tenderness over the deltoid ligament; these tend to have more complex injuries.
  • collateral: The lateral collateral ligament is on the outside of the knee.
  • ankle: All of these studies were of people who had been treated for an ankle ligament injury.
  • knee: Striker King missed the majority of last season with a knee ligament injury.
  • carpal: Anatomy The ulnar nerve travels with the ulnar artery in the tunnel of Guyon, covered by the transverse carpal ligament.

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