Ligament Sentence Examples

Shell equivalve, with radiating costae and external ligament.

Each ligament is made of many strands or fibers of a material called collagen, which is extremely strong.

Dale Binns is new Stevenage manager Mark Stimson's only headache, having injured a knee ligament in the build-up to the season.

An MRI scan was arranged which revealed the anterior cruciate ligament to be ruptured.

Instead the torn ligament must be replaced by a graft.

The vet injected the suspensory ligament which sorted that problem out.

The nerve travels to the thigh by passing under or through the inguinal ligament in its own tunnel.

Cruciate ligament reconstruction may alleviate the anterior knee pain associated with anterior or posterior cruciate ligament laxity.

A few also have localized tenderness over the deltoid ligament; these tend to have more complex injuries.

All of these studies were of people who had been treated for an ankle ligament injury.

Striker King missed the majority of last season with a knee ligament injury.

Anatomy The ulnar nerve travels with the ulnar artery in the tunnel of Guyon, covered by the transverse carpal ligament.

Tenderness is usually maximal over the lateral ligament, often the ATFL only.

The deeper layer of the ligament is attached to the medial meniscus.

Micky Adams will be without Isaac Osbourne who has a knee ligament rupture.

The central non-articular area comprises the tibial spines with the anterior cruciate ligament taking origin from the anterior spine.

The attachment of the falciform ligament is continued down it.

In Teredo a similar tube is formed as the animal elongates (boring in wood), the original shell-valves not adhering to it but remaining movable and provided with a special muscular apparatus in place of a ligament.

Identify the pulsation of the femoral artery 1-2 cm below the inguinal ligament.

He is still recovering from a ligament injury which will keep him out for the remainder of the month.

Owen survived just over a minute of last nights match against Sweden before rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

Apparently I may have torn a knee ligament (we 're still waiting for the results from my MRI).

An MRI scan was arranged which revealed a tear of the medial meniscus and underlying anterior cruciate ligament rupture.

Mild or minimal sprains with no tear of the ligament usually produce mild tenderness and some swelling.

Bakke has come back from a tendinitis problem, and Johnson has been out for 9 months with a ligament injury.

Surgery in resistant cases to release the transverse ligament.

Because the check ligament attachment of the volar plate to the proximal phalanx is strong and pliable, rupture seldom occurs here.

The Equissage Hand Unit can be used to treat specific problems such as tendon and ligament problems, pulled muscles and thick winded horses.

Some will even release during a backward fall - the most common type of fall that results in injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament.

As a result, a simple fall might result in a torn ligament.

This is the most dangerous type of fall, because it can cause you to tear your anterior cruciate ligament, otherwise known as the ACL.

Nursemaid's elbow is an injury to the ligament (strong band of tissue) that keeps the two bones of the forearm in the correct place.

The radial head is held in place by a ligament called the annular ligament.

When the annular ligament is torn, a part of it slides upward and becomes trapped in the elbow joint, which is very painful condition.

The physician or health care provider will move the bone and ligament back to their correct positions.

The ligament needs time to heal, so the child's arm should be treated gently after the procedure.

Once the ligament and the radial head are returned to their proper position, the child can usually begin to use his or her arm again within a few minutes.

Parents should be aware of the damage to the ligament structures of the elbow and should not lift the child by the arm, as the pulled-elbow condition can reoccur up.

Nursemaid's elbow-An injury to the ligament (strong band of tissue) that keeps the two bones of the forearm in the correct place.

Children's ligaments are tighter, and their bones are more apt to break before a ligament tears.

Grade I sprains are mild injuries in which there is no tearing of the ligament and no joint function is lost, although there may be tenderness and slight swelling.

Grade II sprains are caused by a partial tear in the ligament.

Grade III, or third degree, sprains are caused by complete tearing of the ligament where there is severe pain, loss of joint function, widespread swelling and bruising, and the inability to bear weight.

Moderate sprains heal within two to four weeks, but it can take months to recover from severe ligament tears.

Periodontal diseases affect the gums, which consist of the gingiva, periodontal ligament, cementum, and alveolar bone.

The periodontal ligament, also called the periodontal membrane, is the tough, fibrous tissue that holds the teeth in the gums.

Avulsion fracture-A fracture caused by the tearing away of a fragment of bone where a strong ligament or tendon attachment forcibly pulls the fragment away from the bone tissue.

A physical examination requires careful scrutiny of the wound, with special attention to possible bone, joint, ligament, muscle, tendon, nerve, or blood-vessel damage caused by deep punctures or severe crush injuries.

A sprain is a partial or complete tear of a ligament, a strong band of tissue that connects bones to one another and stabilizes joints.

Fractures, dislocations, and major ligament injuries can happen but are more common in older age groups.

A wheelchair may be required if walking becomes painful due to bone, tendon, ligament, or muscle defects.

Hormonal changes within the mother during pregnancy result in increased ligament looseness or laxity and are thought to possibly cross over the placenta and cause the baby to have lax ligaments while still in the womb.

While round ligament pain is more common during the second trimester, some women may experience it early on in pregnancy.

Characterized by pain very low in the abdomen, round ligament pain is caused by the muscles underneath the uterus expanding to support the weight of the ever-growing uterus.

Like implantation cramping and the pain of the uterus expanding, round ligament pain is a normal part of pregnancy.

Improper running techniques can fortify that damage, but improper running shoes can really set you up for a lifetime of joint and ligament disorders.

Flex line - This flexible material prevents your foot from bending too far, a major cause of ligament damage in the foot.

Water provides buoyancy, which eliminates the joint and ligament stress that often results from high-impact aerobic activities.

This he achieved by the introduction of a device which is called a metallic ligament.

There is a "stay" called the "ligament" which runs from the hinder end of the proboscissheath to the posterior end of the body.

The ovaries arise like the testes as rounded bodies in the ligament.

Ventral fins below or in front of the pectorals, the pelvic bones posterior to the clavicular symphysis and only loosely attached to it by ligament.

The lines of cardinal importance are (I) the rasceta or cross sulci, which isolate the hand from the forearm at the wrist, and which are the flexion folds between the looser forearm skin and that tied down to the fascia above the level of the anterior annular ligament.

At its posterior margin the peritoneum of the great sac is reflected on to the diaphragm to form the anterior layer of the coronary ligament.

The mantle-skirt is always long, and hides the rest of the animal from view, its dependent margins meeting in the middle line below the ventral surface when the animal is retracted; it is, as it were, slit in the median line before and behind so as to form two flaps, a right and a left; on these the right and the left calcareous valves of the shell are borne respectively, connected by an uncalcified part of the shell called the ligament.

The spongy urethra is that part which is enclosed in the penis after piercing the anterior layer of the triangular ligament.

It is attached to the transverse (via the deep transverse metatarsal ligament) and longitudinal tie-bar systems of the plantar aponeurosis.

Arthroscopically assisted reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament using a patella tendon bone autograft.

The ligament and its branches are strong but only slightly elastic.

The toxic products of dead tissue and bacteria diffuse out of the apical foramen of the tooth root into the periodontal ligament.

A second PDS is placed in the same manner to achieve a firm grasp of the CA ligament.

Designed to mimic the normal anatomic ligament fibers, the intra-articular longitudinal fibers resist fatigue and allow fibroblastic ingrowth.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Roger Freestone, who was reported to be nursing an ankle ligament injury, has been named in the Swans squad.

The nerves pass beneath Berry's ligament (a thickened area of fascia next to the trachea) and enter the larynx.

I have recently completed a Masters degree and have an ongoing study looking at ligament laxity following ACL reconstruction.

Therefore the injury begins medially, rupturing the deltoid ligament or pulling of the medial malleolus.

The lateral collateral ligament is on the outside of the knee.

In advanced periodontitis there is destruction of the periodontal ligament and resorption of alveolar bone, resulting eventually in loss of the tooth.

This procedure has become regarded as the gold standard for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

In the long run, all joints with cruciate ligament rupture will develop some degree of osteoarthritis.

In a minor sprain some of the fibers within the ligament are stretched.

The medial collateral ligament also suffered during this period, accounting for 77% of knee ligament sprains.

Now this ligament is inserted into the primary bars some distance below the upper limits of the gill-clefts, and it therefore follows that, corresponding with each tongue-bar, the atrial cavity is produced upward beyond the insertion of the ligament into a series of bags or pockets, which may be called the atrial pouches.

Above, there is the Fallopian tube, already described; below and in front is the round ligament; behind, the ovary projects backward, and just above this, when the broad ligament is stretched out as in fig.

The round ligament is a cord of unstriped muscle which runs from the lateral angle of its own side of the uterus forward to the internal abdominal ring, and so through the inguinal canal to the upper part of the labium majus.

In consequence of the transformation being in a more advanced stage at the forward than at the hinder end, the ligament remains for a moment connected with the mass behind, when it has freed itself from the mass in front, and thus the resulting spherule acquires a backwards relative velocity, which of necessity leads to a collision.

To these is attached the powerful elastic ligament (ligamentum nuchae, or " paxwax ") which, passing forwards in the middle line of the neck above the neural arches of the cervical vertebrae - to which it is also connected - is attached to the occiput and supports the weight of the head.

Near the mid line of the body, and at right angles to the last, another reflection, the falciform ligament, runs forward, and the line of attachment of this indicates the junction of the right and left lobes of the liver.

From its lower margin the right lateral ligament is reflected on to the diaphragm.

The ligament is simple in Anadonta; in many Lamellibranchs it is separated into two layers, an outer and an inner (thicker,and denser).

It is to be remembered that the whole of the cuticular hard product produced on the dorsal surface and on the mantle-flaps is to be regarded as the " shell," of which a median band-like area, the ligament, usually remains uncalcified, so as to result in the production of two valves united by the elastic ligament.

Limopsidae.-Shell orbicular, hinge curved, ligament longer transversely than antero-posteriorly; foot elongate, pointed anteriorly and posteriorly.

Tellinidae.-External gill-plate directed upwards; siphons separate and elongated; foot with byssus; palps very large; ligament external.

Chamidae.-Shell with sub-equal valves and prominent umbones more or less spirally coiled; ligament external.

From each side of the uterus the peritoneum is reflected outward, as a two-layered sheet, to the side wall of the pelvis; this is the broad ligament, and between its layers lie several structures of importance.

The epoophoron or parovarium is a collection of short tubes which radiate from the upper border of the ovary when the broad ligament is pulled out as in fig.

To make the ligament, a very large number of exceedingly fine copper wires laid close together are soldered to the upper surface of the upper trunnion.

The ligament is external, and the hinge carries cardinal teeth in each valve.

A similar fold passes from the tip of the left lobe as the left lateral ligament, and both these are the lateral margins of the coronary ligament.

The round ligament and the remains of the ductus venosus are hidden in the depths of their fissures.

The adductor muscles placed in the concavity of the shells act upon the long arms of the lever at a mechanical advantage; their contraction keeps the shells shut, and stretches the ligament or spring h.

On the other hand, the ligament h acts upon the short arm formed by the umbonal ridge of the shells; whenever the adductors relax, the elastic substance of the ligament contracts, and the shells gape.

The Uterus and Broad Ligament seen from behind (the broad ligament has been spread out).

Its more pointed lower end iš attached to the uterus by the ligament of the ovary, while its anterior border has a short reflection of peritoneum, known as the mesovarium, running forward to the broad ligament of the uterus.

I o, Suspensory ligament of fetlock.

It is on this account that the valves of a dead Lamellibranch always gape; the elastic ligament is no longer counteracted by the effort of the adductors.

Pernidae.-Shell very inequilateral; ligament subdivided; mantle open throughout; anterior adductor absent.

To the left of this is the left lobe of the liver, separated from the quadrate lobe by the umbilical fissure in which lies the round ligament of the liver, the remains of the umbilical vein of the foetus.

The claws are large, strongly compressed, sharp, and exhibit the retractile condition in the highest degree, being drawn backwards and upwards into a sheath by the action of an elastic ligament so long as the foot is in a state of repose, but exerted by muscular action when the animal strikes its prey.

Arising as a long tendon from the sterno-scapular ligament, it passes the axilla by means of a fibrous pulley, accompanies the axillary vessels and nerves along the humerus, and is inserted by a few fleshy fibres on the base of the last two or three cubital quills.