| NOUN | body | ligament | a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | ligament | any connection or unifying bond |
| Sounds | lih'gahmahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | A sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | muscular structure, musculature, muscle system | The muscular system of an organism |
| Narrower | falciform ligament | A ligament that attaches part of the liver to the diaphragm and the abdominal wall |
| round ligament of the uterus, ligamentum teres uteri | ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora | |
| Broader | connective tissue | tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells |
| Spanish | ligamento | |
| Catalan | lligament | |
| Meaning | Any connection or unifying bond. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | binder, ligature | Something used to tie or bind / bind / bind |
| chain | A series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament | |
| wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc | |
| Broader | attachment, bond | A connection that fastens things together |
| Spanish | ligamento | |
| Catalan | lligament | |
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