| KAFO | knee-ankle-foot orthosis |
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| KAO | knee-ankle orthosis |
| KB | human oral epidermoid carcinoma cells; Kashin-Bek [disease]; ketone body; kilobyte; Kleihauer-Betke ... |
| KC | cathodal closing; keratoconus; keratoconjunctivitis; knee-to-chest; Kupffer cell |
| KFAO | knee-foot-ankle orthosis |
| cuboideonavicular ligaments | Ligament uniting the cuboid bone with the navicular bone. See: dorsal cuboideonavicular ligament, plantar cuboideonavicular ligament. Synonym: ligamentum cuboideonavicular. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| Stanley's cervical ligaments | Fibres of the capsule of the hip joint reflected onto the neck of the femur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligaments of breast | 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) |
| suspensory ligaments of Cooper | 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) |
| dorsal carpometacarpal ligaments | Fibrous bands that connect the dorsal surfaces of the carpal and metacarpal bones. Synonym: ligamentum carpometacarpalia dorsalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal cuneonavicular ligaments | Several ligaments connecting the dorsal surface of the navicular with the three cuneiform bones. Synonym: ligamenta cuneonavicularia dorsalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal metacarpal ligaments | Fibrous bands connecting the dorsal aspects of the bases of metacarpals two to five. Synonym: ligamenta metacarpalia dorsalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal metatarsal ligaments | Fibrous bands that connect the dorsal aspects of the bases of the metatarsals. Synonym: ligamenta metatarsalia dorsalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal 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) |
| intercarpal ligaments | Three sets of short fibrous bands that bind together the two rows of carpal bones; according to their location they are named dorsal intercarpal ligament (ligamentum intercarpalia dorsalia), interosseous intercarpal ligament (ligamentum intercarpalia interossea), and palmar intercarpal ligament (ligamentum intercarpalia palmaria). Synonym: ligamenta intercarpalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intercostal ligaments | The membranous layers between ribs. Synonym: membranae intercostalia, intercostal ligaments, ligamenta intercostalia. (05 Mar 2000) |