ligament

1) 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 2) a fold of peritoneum supporting the abdominal viscera 3) the cord-like remains of a fetal blood vessel

Specific

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

General

musculoskeletal system structure connective tissue

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995