Cell Culture Ontology

Last uploaded: July 23, 2014
Preferred Name

Synonyms

ligament organ

Definitions

Dense regular connective tissue connecting two or more adjacent skeletal elements or supporting an organ.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000211

database_cross_reference

MESH:D008022

SCTID:182358004

UMLS:C0023685

TAO:0001682

ZFA:0001675

XAO:0004031

galen:Ligament

VHOG:0001272

NCIT:C13046

Wikipedia:Ligament

CALOHA:TS-2145

EMAPA:35493

EFO:0001966

FMA:21496

FMA:30319

MA:0000113

definition

Dense regular connective tissue connecting two or more adjacent skeletal elements or supporting an organ.

depiction

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Knee_diagram.svg

external_definition

Portion of connective tissue that connects bone or cartilage.[TAO]

Nonparenchymatous organ that primarily consists of dense connective tissue aggregated into fasciculi by connective tissue. Examples: sutural ligament, radiate sternocostal ligament, ligament of liver, ovarian ligament[FMA][FMA:21496].

external_ontology_notes

this groups both skeletal and non-skeletal ligaments. What is called a 'ligament' in many AOs is actually a skeletal ligament

has_exact_synonym

ligament organ

has_obo_namespace

uberon

homology_notes

Compared with their Ediacarian predecessor, Cambrian animals in general were characterized by their much stouter bodies. The stoutness of the body is likely due to the formation of ligaments and tendons, which in turn requires the crosslinking of collagen triple helices.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0000211

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#pheno_slim

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim

label

ligament

notation

UBERON:0000211

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000467

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000467

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000061

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