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• The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.From the entry scope
• The duplivincular ligament present in the order Arcida is a derived character.From the entry duplivincular
• He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.From the entry blow
• Cementogenesis persists throughout the life of the tooth, allowing for continuous reattachment of the periodontal ligaments.2010, Peter S. Ungar, Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity, page 23. From the entry cementogenesis
• Kavanagh said a scan yesterday detected a small tear in Maldivian's near side suspensory ligament.2009 February 20, Tim Habel, “Theseo rules market”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2009. From the entry suspensory ligament
• Reactivation of a dormant atavistic gene could account for the abnormal costocoracoid ligament in humans.2006, Roger E Stevenson, Judith G Hall, Human malformations and related anomalies. From the entry atavistic
• It should come as no surprise that horses suffer from tendon and ligament injuries.2002 April 1, Les Sellnow, “Tendons and Ligaments”, in The Horse.com. From the entry equine
• Proximally to the ligament this exposes the languette of the palmar fascia.1973, H. Graham Stack, The palmar fascia, page 51. From the entry languette
• When the swimbladder contracts, the tripodes will be rotated backwards by the elastic action of ligament 2.1964, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, volume 142, Longmans, Greens, page 431. From the entry tripodes
• Very strong ligaments secure the distal half of the scaphoid to the multangulars and capitate.1945, RSNA Index to Imaging Literature, volume 44, page 521. From the entry multangular
• Ligament which stretches over the surface of the uterus, running obliquely from the podex to the raceme.1942, Fabricius (ab Aquapendente), Howard Bernhardt Adelmann (translator), The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of…. From the entry podex
• The meniscotibial ligament was identified and transected under a stereomicroscope.2016 January 28, “Skeletal Characterization of Smurf2-Deficient Mice and In Vitro Analysis of Smurf2-Deficient Chondrocytes”, in PLOS ONE…. From the entry meniscotibial
• Avoid unnecessary dissection, especially of the interspine and ligaments.2016, Michael P Steinmetz, Edward C. Benzel, Benzel's Spine Surgery. From the entry interspine
• Division of splenocolic and gastrocolic ligaments from left to right completed splenic flexure mobilization releasing the distal third of transverse colon.2015 July 7, Andrea Pisani Ceretti et al., “Laparoscopic colonic resection for splenic flexure cancer: our experience”, in BMC…. From the entry splenocolic
• The stability of the TMJ disc depends on the integrity of the joint ligaments and the forces applied over the TMJ.2015 October 17, “Cephalometric Analysis of the Facial Skeletal Morphology of Female Patients Exhibiting Skeletal Class II Deformity with…. From the entry hyperdivergent
• The strength of ligaments associated with the occipitoatlantal joint can be appreciated only by direct inspection during cadaveric dissections.2015 July 28, Atul Goel, “Craniovertebral Junction Instability: A Review of Facts about Facets”, in Asian Spine Journal, volume 9, →DOI. From the entry occipitoatlantal
• Additional tenaculums are placed laterally to maintain control Within the bounds of the broad ligaments and yet allow maximum feasible removal.2013, Mitchel S. Hoffman, William N. Spellacy, The Difficult Vaginal Hysterectomy: A Surgical Atlas, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry tenaculum
• The entheses most commonly involved in children are the plantar aponeurosis, calcaneal enthesis, and distal and proximal patellar ligament insertions.2010, Richard J. Wakefield, Maria Antonietta D′Agostino, Essential Applications of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Rheumatology, page 211. From the entry enthesis
• Rudi went flying up into the air and landed flat on his back - his ligaments nearly landed in Old Trafford.2010, Eamonn O'Keefe, I Only Wanted to Play Football, page 40. From the entry in bits
• The Dissector spits out Latin terms for ligaments — sacrospinous, sacrotuberous; Montross hears them “like a call to prayer.”2007 June 24, Mary Roach, “Love and Human Remains”, in New York Times. From the entry sacrospinous
• Mesenchymal stem cells of patients with ossification are thought to misdifferentiate into osteoblasts instead of target ligament cells because they have high osteogenic ability.2020, Ken-Ichi Furakawa, Shunfu Chin, Toru Asari, Kanichiro Wada, Gentaro Kumagai, Yasuyuki Ishibashi, “Ectopic Ossification of Human…. From the entry misdifferentiate
• Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is commonly used as the load-bearing materials of bone implants such as hip prosthesis, sutures in osteorrhaphy, and synthetic ligaments.2017 October 20, Chengchong Ai, Dandan Sheng, Jun Chen, Jiangyu Cai, Siheng Wang, Jia Jiang, Shiyi Chen, “Surface modification of vascular…. From the entry osteorrhaphy
• Medial subtalar dislocation occurs more frequently than the lateral form because the lateral talocalcaneal and calcaneofibular ligaments are weaker than deltoid and medial talocalcaneal ligaments.2015, Bassir Rida-Allah et al., “Rare case of pure medial subtalar dislocation: Conservative treatment and 32 months follow-up”, in…. From the entry calcaneofibular
• On the other hand, the lateral meniscus is attached to the joint capsule by the meniscofemoral ligaments, popliteal tendon, popliteo-meniscal fascicle, and arcuate complex.2015 October 22, “Comparison of Medial and Lateral Meniscus Root Tears”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry meniscofemoral
• A ligament coming from each small callosity or from the apohyal is prolonged laterally and reaches the extremity of the styloid apophysis.2004, Herve Le Guyader, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: A Visionary Naturalist, page 162. From the entry styloid
• It is crossed medially and laterally by the ligament of the ergot (not shown), that, subcutaneously, connects the ergot with the hoof cartilage.2003, Klaus-Dieter Budras, W. O. Sack, Sabine Rock, Anatomy of the Horse: An Illustrated Text, page 8. From the entry ergot
• The dorsocarpal ligament is incised in a T-shape vertically over the scaphoid in the direction of the trapezoid and horizontally over the distal radius.1999, David P. Green, Robert N. Hotchkiss, William C. Pederson, Green's Operative Hand Surgery, volume 1, page 173. From the entry dorsocarpal
• The ilio tibial (IT) band isn't a muscle; it's a thick strip of much less elastic tissue called fascia, a fibrous material similar to tendons and ligaments.2006, Yoga Journal, page 124. From the entry IT band
• Of particular interest are the subcatastrophic failures, in which the overall mechanical integrity is maintained and there are no obvious geometric changes or discontinuities in the capsular ligament.2005, Charles Richard Clark, Edward C. Benzel, Cervical Spine Research Society. Editorial Committee, The Cervical Spine (Lippincott…. From the entry subcatastrophic
• Each complex is composed of at least two fatty bursae that are embedded in the monkey lips along the airway, a cartilagenous “stiffening” rod, and a stout ligament.1990, T.W. Cranford, “Components of a hypothetical odontocete biosonar signal generator”, in Journal of the Acoustical Society of America…. From the entry monkey lips
• On the tying of the threads the forthdrawn parts of the ligaments make turns, which can eventually be further fixed to the fundus with one or two Sutures.1922, Acta gynecologica Scandinavica - Volume 1. From the entry forthdrawn
• More than this, the operator in his zeal to make an efficient opening in the capsule is apt to rupture this ligament and loss of vitreous ensues.1911 July, Homer E. Smith, “Preliminary Capsulotomy—an Improved Method for the Extraction of the Immature Cataractous Lens. [abstract]”…. From the entry cystotome
• Yet as intelligently as Rafferty, back at left-back following her recovery from a third ruptured cruciate ligament, was defending against the dangerous Élodie Thomis her side were up against it.2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London). From the entry up against it
• Supports of the Uterus The uterus is supported mainly by (1) the tone of the levatores ani muscles and (2) the condensations of pelvic fascia, which form three important ligaments.1992, Richard S. Snell, Clinical Anatomy for Medical Students, page 361. From the entry levator ani

Meaning of ligament

1. noun A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
2. noun That which binds or acts as a ligament.

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How do you use ligament in a sentence?

Ligament is used as a noun. For example: “The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament.”

What is a short sentence with ligament?

“Avoid unnecessary dissection, especially of the interspine and ligaments.”

What does ligament mean?

Ligament means a band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.