| check ligaments of odontoid | 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) |
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| collateral ligaments | A number of ligaments on either side of, and serving as a radius of movement of, a joint having a hingelike movement. They occur at the elbow, knee, wrist, metacarpo- and metatarsophalangeal, proximal interphalangeal, and distal interphalangeal joints of the hands and feet. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plantar cuneonavicular ligaments | Ligaments connecting the plantar surface of the navicular with the three cuneiform bones. Synonym: ligamenta cuneonavicularia plantaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| plantar metatarsal ligaments | Fibrous bands connecting the plantar aspects of the bases of the metatarsals. Synonym: ligamenta metatarsalia plantaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cooperos ligaments | Flexible bands of tissue that pass from the chest muscle between the lobes of the breasts, providing shape and support the breasts. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Cooper's ligaments | Well developed retinacula cutis that extend from the fibrous stroma of the mammary gland to the overlying skin. Synonym: ligamenta suspensoria mammae, Cooper's ligaments, suspensory ligaments of Cooper. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior sacroiliac ligaments | The heavy fibrous bands that pass from the ilium to the sacrum posterior to the sacroiliac joint. Synonym: ligamenta sacroiliaca posteriora, dorsal sacroiliac ligaments, ligamentum sacroiliacum posterius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cruciate ligaments of knee | <radiology> Anterior lateral fem condyle leading to tibial spine, posterior thicker than ACL, tears at tibial insertion, may avulse fragment (12 Dec 1998) |
| Cruveilhier's 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) |
| cuboideonavicular ligaments | Ligament uniting the cuboid bone with the navicular bone. See: dorsal cuboideonavicular ligament, plantar cuboideonavicular ligament. Synonym: ligamentum cuboideonavicular. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cuneocuboid ligaments | Ligament uniting the lateral cuneiform bone with the cuboid bone. See: dorsal cuneocuboid ligament, interosseous cuneocuboid ligament, plantar cuneocuboid ligament. Synonym: ligamentum cuneocuboidenum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cuneonavicular ligaments | See: dorsal cuneonavicular ligaments, plantar cuneonavicular ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sheath ligaments | See: fibrous digital sheaths of hand, fibrous digital sheaths of foot, fibrous tendon sheath. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Simonart's ligaments | The strands of amniotic tissue adherent to the embryo or foetus; they may cause constriction of embryonic limbs. See: congenital amputation. Synonym: amniotic adhesions, annular band, constriction ring, Simonart's bands, Simonart's ligaments, Simonart's threads, Streeter's bands. (05 Mar 2000) |