Meanings (ES + gloss)
ligamento
A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.
It so chanced that at this juncture the decayed ligaments of the skeleton gave way, and the dry bones fell together in a heap, thus causing the dusty wreath of cypress to drop upon…
Phrases
Cooper's ligamentHensing's ligamentLisfranc ligamentPoupart's ligamentacrocoracohumeral ligamentanterolateral ligamentbroad ligamentcapsular ligamentcruciate ligamentfalciform ligamentinguinal ligamentlienophrenic ligamentligamentalligamentaryligamentomuscularligamentoplastyligamentotaxisligamentousmedial collateral ligamentmultiligamentoblique ligamentovarian ligamentpatellar ligamentperiodontal ligamentphrenicolienal ligamentphrenicosplenic ligamentround ligamentspring ligamentstylohyoid ligamentsuspensory ligamentuterosacral ligament
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