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What is a ligement?

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∙ 17y ago
Updated: 9/13/2023

(a) A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints.

(b) A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.

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