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Ligament

A ligament is a type of fibrous connective tissue in the body that connects bones to other bones. It also connects flight feathers to bones, in dinosaurs and birds. All 30,000 species of amniotes (land animals with internal bones) have ligaments.

Articular ligaments, Humans & Comparative anatomy

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FMA
70773 30319, 70773
Function
Connect bones to other bones; maintain position of organs
Latin
ligamentum (Plural: ligamenta)
MeSH
D008022
System
Musculoskeletal system
TA98
A03.0.00.034

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Comparative anatomy

Humans

Articular ligaments

Peritoneal ligaments

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Ligament

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples33
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

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Ligament

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related to Articular ligaments · 7
Ligament → Capsular, Cruciate, Extra-capsular, Intra-capsular, Ligaments, Some, They
related to Artificial ligaments · 5
Ligament → ACL, Artificial, One, PET, The ACL
related to Humans · 4
Ligament → Fetal, Other, Periodontal, Peritoneal
related to Comparative anatomy · 3
Ligament → Ligaments, The, These
related to Peritoneal ligaments · 3
Ligament → Certain, Examples, The
FMA · 1
Ligament → 70773 30319, 70773
Function · 1
Ligament → Connect bones to other bones; maintain position of organs
Latin · 1
Ligament → ligamentum (Plural: ligamenta)
MeSH · 1
Ligament → D008022
System · 1
Ligament → Musculoskeletal system

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ligaments bones also joints body one joint tissue articular fetal certain connective fibrous connects tendons peritoneum artificial connect bone stability

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
LigamentFMA70773 30319, 707731.00infobox
LigamentFunctionConnect bones to other bones; maintain position of organs1.00infobox
LigamentLatinligamentum (Plural: ligamenta)1.00infobox
LigamentMeSHD0080221.00infobox
LigamentSystemMusculoskeletal system1.00infobox
LigamentTA98A03.0.00.0341.00infobox
Ligamentis atype of fibrous connective tissue in the body that connects bones to other bones0.90text
the Brunelli procedure can correct the instabilityinstance ofother procedures0.80text
Ligamentrelated to Articular ligamentsLigaments0.60section
Ligamentrelated to Articular ligamentsSome0.60section
Ligamentrelated to Articular ligamentsCapsular0.60section
Ligamentrelated to Articular ligamentsThey0.60section

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