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• area — 1. [TA] Any circumscribed surface or space. 2. All of the part supplied by a given artery or nerve. 3. A part of an organ having a special function, as the motor a. of the brain. SEE ALSO …   Medical dictionary

• Ligament — A ligament is a tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones. Ligament is a fitting term; it comes from the Latin ligare meaning to bind or tie. * * * 1. A band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting two or… …   Medical dictionary

• Ligament, posterior cruciate — The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength to the… …   Medical dictionary

• ligament groove — (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) A narrow depression in the cardinal area for attachment of ligament fibers …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• ligament pit — (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) A broad depression in the cardinal area for ligament attachment …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• Ligament, anterior cruciate — The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength to the… …   Medical dictionary

• Ligament, lateral collateral knee — The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength to the… …   Medical dictionary

• Ligament, medial collateral knee — The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength to the… …   Medical dictionary

• area nuda hepatis — [TA] bare area of liver: a large part of the diaphragmatic surface of the liver that lacks a peritoneal covering; its boundaries are formed by the coronary ligament of the liver and the triangular ligaments …   Medical dictionary

• Ligament — Ligamẹnt [aus lat. ligamentum, Gen.: ligamenti = Band; Binde] s; [e]s, e u. (in der anat. Nomenklatur nur:) Ligamẹntum s; s, ...ta: festes, sehnenähnliches Band aus Bindegewebe zur Verbindung gegeneinander bewegl. Teile des Körpers (bes. an… …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

• Coronary ligament — For the coronary ligament of the knee, see Coronary ligament of the knee. Coronary ligament Posterior and inferior surfaces of the liver. (Coronary ligament labeled at center right.) …   Wikipedia