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ligament

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Also known as ligaments, accessory ligaments

A ligament is a type of fibrous connective tissue in the body 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.

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A ligament is a strong, fibrous tissue that connects bones to each other, and in birds and dinosaurs it also attaches flight feathers to bones. These connective tissues are found in all 30,000 species of land animals with internal skeletons, making them a fundamental part of how animal bodies hold together and function.

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Key facts

Anatomy.Name
Ligament
Anatomy.Latin
ligamentum (Plural: ligamenta)
Anatomy.Function
Connect bones to other bones; maintain position of organs
Anatomy.System
Musculoskeletal system

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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Comparative anatomy
  • Humans
  • Articular ligaments
  • Artificial ligaments
  • Examples
  • Peritoneal ligaments
  • Fetal remnant ligaments
  • See also
  • References

A ligament is a type of fibrous connective tissue in the body 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, fibrous ligament, or true ligament.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ligament” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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