ligament : Idioms & Phrases

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Capsular ligament

  • (Anat.), a ligamentous bag or capsule surrounding many movable joints in the skeleton.
Webster 1913

falciform ligament

  • noun a ligament that attaches part of the liver to the diaphragm and the abdominal wall
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poupart's ligament

Pou*part's" lig"a*ment
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) A ligament, of fascia, extending, in most mammals, from the ventral side of the ilium to near the symphysis of the pubic bones.
Webster 1913

round ligament of the uterus

  • noun ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora
    ligamentum teres uteri.
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