| spatia interossea metacarpi | The spaces between the metacarpal bones in the hand. Synonym: spatia interossea metacarpi. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| spatia interossea metatarsi | The spaces between the metatarsal bones in the foot. Synonym: spatia interossea metatarsi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamenta cuneometatarsalia interossea | Ligaments that pass from the cuneiform bones to the metatarsals, the one from the first cuneiform to the second metatarsal being the strongest. Synonym: ligamenta cuneometatarsalia interossea, Lisfranc's ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamenta metacarpalia interossea | Fibrous bands connecting the bases of metacarpals two to five; they extend between the dorsal and palmar metacarpal ligaments. Synonym: ligamenta metacarpalia interossea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamenta metatarsalia interossea | Fibrous bands that connect the bases of the metatarsals; they extend between the dorsal and plantar metatarsal ligaments. Synonym: ligamenta metatarsalia interossea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamenta sacroiliaca interossea | Short obliquely directed fibrous bands that pass between the sacrum and ilium in the narrow cleft behind the auricular surfaces of these bones. Synonym: ligamenta sacroiliaca interossea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamentum intercarpalia interossea | Interosseous intercarpal ligament. See: intercarpal ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ligamentum intercuneiformia interossea | Interosseous intercuneiform ligament. See: intercuneiform ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory ligaments | Ligament's about a joint that are in addition to the articular capsule. They may lie within, or on the outside of the latter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory plantar ligaments | The counterparts in the foot of the palmar ligaments in the hand. Synonym: ligamenta plantaria, accessory plantar ligaments, Cruveilhier's ligaments, glenoid ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accessory volar ligaments | The fibrocartilaginous plates, one located on the anterior aspect of each metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint, that are firmly attached to the bases of the phalanges and the heads of the next proximal bones; they are grooved to accommodate the long flexor tendons. Synonym: ligamenta palmaria, accessory volar ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alar ligaments | One of a pair of short stout bands that extends from the side of the dens of the axis to the tubercle on the medial aspect of the occipital condyle. Synonym: check ligaments of odontoid. Synonym: alar folds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| annular ligaments of the trachea | The fibrous membranes that connect adjacent tracheal cartilages. Synonym: ligamenta annularia trachealia, ligamenta trachealia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior sacroiliac ligaments | The strong fibrous bands that reinforce the sacroiliac joint anteriorly. Synonym: ligamenta sacroiliaca anteriora, ventral sacroiliac ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auricular ligaments | The three ligaments that attach the auricle to the side of the head: anterior auricular ligament (ligamentum auriculare anterius), which extends from the root of the zygomatic process to the spine of the helix; posterior auricular ligament (ligamentum auriculare posterius), which extends from the mastoid process to the conchal eminence; superior auricular ligament (ligamentum auriculare superius), which extends from the superior margin of the osseous external acoustic meatus to the spine of the helix. Synonym: ligamenta auricularia, Valsalva's ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |