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  2. Ligament - Wikipedia

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    A ligament is the fibrous connective tissue that connects bones to other bones. It also connects flight feathers to bones, in dinosaurs and birds. All 30,000 species of amniotes (land animals with internal bones) have ligaments. It is also known as articular ligament, articular larua, [1] fibrous ligament, or true ligament.

  3. Anterior cruciate ligament - Wikipedia

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    The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of cruciate ligaments (the other being the posterior cruciate ligament) in the human knee. The two ligaments are called " cruciform " ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation.

  4. Human musculoskeletal system - Wikipedia

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    The human skeleton is composed of both fused and individual bones supported by ligaments, tendons, muscles and cartilage. It is a complex structure with two distinct divisions; the axial skeleton , which includes the vertebral column , and the appendicular skeleton .

  5. Interphalangeal joints of the hand - Wikipedia

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    Joints of the hand, X-ray Interphalangeal ligaments and phalanges. Right hand. Deep dissection. Posterior (dorsal) view. The PIP joint exhibits great lateral stability. Its transverse diameter is greater than its antero-posterior diameter and its thick collateral ligaments are tight in all positions during flexion, contrary to those in the metacarpophalangeal joint.

  6. Cruciate ligament - Wikipedia

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    Cruciate ligaments (also cruciform ligaments) are pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X. [1] They occur in several joints of the body, such as the knee joint, wrist joint and the atlanto-axial joint. In a fashion similar to the cords in a toy Jacob's ladder, the crossed ligaments stabilize the joint while allowing a very large range of ...

  7. Category:Ligaments of the upper limb - Wikipedia

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    Collateral ligament of interphalangeal joints of hand; Collateral ligaments of metacarpophalangeal joints; Conoid ligament; Coracoacromial ligament; Coracoclavicular ligament; Coracohumeral ligament; Costoclavicular ligament

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