| palmar 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) |
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| palmar metacarpal ligaments | Fibrous bands connecting the palmar aspects of the bases of metacarpals two to five. Synonym: ligamenta metacarpalia palmaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventral sacroiliac ligaments | The strong fibrous bands that reinforce the sacroiliac joint anteriorly. Synonym: ligamenta sacroiliaca anteriora, ventral sacroiliac ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebropelvic ligaments | More specifically see iliolumbar ligament, sacrospinous ligament, sacrotuberous ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carpometacarpal ligaments | The ligaments uniting the metacarpal and carpal bones. Synonym: ligamenta carpometacarpalia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mauchart's 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) |
| glenohumeral ligaments | Three fibrous bands that reinforce the anterior part of the articular capsule of the shoulder joint; they are in continuity with the glenoid labrum at the supraglenoid tubercle of the scapula and blend with the fibrous capsule as it attaches to the anatomic neck of the humerus. Synonym: ligamenta glenohumeralia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectinate ligaments of iridocorneal angle | The network of fibres (pectinate ligaments) at the iridocorneal angle between the anterior chamber of the eye and the venous sinus of the sclera; it contains spaces between the fibres that are involved in drainage of the aqueous humor, and is composed of two portions: the corneoscleral part, the part attached to the sclera, and the uveal part, the part attached to the iris. Synonym: reticulum trabeculare sclerae, Gerlach's valvula, Hueck's ligament, ligamentum annulare bulbi, pectinate ligaments of iridocorneal angle, pillar of iris, trabecular meshwork, trabecular network, trabecular zone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pectinate ligaments of iris | See: trabecular reticulum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| meniscofemoral ligaments | One of two ligaments that extend from the posterior part of the lateral meniscus to the lateral surface of the medial meniscus: anterior meniscofemoral ligament and posterior meniscofemoral ligament. Synonym: ligamenta meniscofemorale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| check ligaments of eyeball | <anatomy> Medial and lateral, expansions of the sheaths of the medial and lateral rectus muscles of the eyeball which are attached, respectively, to the lacrimal bone and to the orbital tubercle of the zygomatic bone; they serve to prevent overaction of these muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |