ligament

[US]/'lɪgəm(ə)nt/
[UK]/'lɪɡəmənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.ligament;;tie or bond.

Phrases & Collocations

anterior cruciate ligament

posterior cruciate ligament

tear a ligament

injured ligament

strong ligament

ruptured ligament

periodontal ligament

collateral ligament

Example Sentences

the cruciate ligaments of the knee.

he tore a ligament playing squash.

The plantaris muscle, popliteofibular ligament, fabellofibular ligament, and semimembranosus bursa were present in all specimens.

The runner pulled a ligament in his leg.

The falciform ligament is the rough dividing line between the two lobes.

for adnexectomy, took the method of abscising the tubal isthmus and ovarian ligament and looping ligature the infundibulopelvic ligament twice.

He’s snapped a ligament in his knee.

She tore ligament in her ankle while she was playing squash.

a system of healing based on manipulating the ligaments of the spine.

upon opening of the abdominal cavity , the falciform ligament is divided .

Objective To explore a new approach on the avulsion fracture of tibial insection of anterior cruciate ligament with arthroscopic reduction and steel wire internal fixation.

"Pudendal nerve blockade is administered at the sacrospinous ligament and provides highly effective anesthesia to these areas.

The entire caudate lobe was resected and skeletization lymph node dissection of the hepatoduodenal ligament was performed in all cases.

Results Among all the people, 432 people underwent "tennis elbow" (36.98%).Brachiocubital ligament injury was 63.42%.Radial collateral ligament injury was 31.25%.Multi-part injury was 5.32%.

Another showed fibrocyte morphological features as well as spiral ligament fibrocytes ultrastructure characterization, and expressed vimentin.

Methods:Gastrocolic ligament was incised with electrotome by laparoscopy.Drainage-tube was placed in omental burse and lesser omentum for douche and drainage.

Results:(1) The righ layer of the gastrophrenic ligament was continuous with the posterior layer of the lesser omentum, the left layer of the ga.

Objective To study the effect of pretensioning on quadrupled-stranded semitendinosus and gracilis tendon graft length during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Conclusion The incidence rate of brachiocubital ligament injury was the highest.According to the analysis of anatomic structure, "tennis elbow" can be prevented.

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