ligament

[lig-uh-muh nt]

noun

1.Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones to other bones, and is also known as articular ligament, articular larua, fibrous ligament, or true ligament.

The study of ligaments is known as desmology (from Greek δεσμός, desmos, "bond"; and -λογία, -logia).

Ligaments are similar to tendons and fasciae as they are all made of connective tissue. The differences in them are in the connections that they make: ligaments connect one bone to another bone, tendons connect muscle to bone, and fasciae connect muscles to other muscles. These are all found in the skeletal system of the human body.

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