Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

ligament organ

Synonyms

ligament

Definitions

Shiny, flexible bands of fibrous tissue connecting together articular extremities of bones. They are pliant, tough, and inextensile. [MeSH] 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]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID6071

Definition

Shiny, flexible bands of fibrous tissue connecting together articular extremities of bones. They are pliant, tough, and inextensile. [MeSH] 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]

FMAID

21496

label

RID6071

Preferred_name

ligament organ

Preferred_name_German

Ligamentorgan

prefixIRI

RID6071

Source

Playbook

Synonym

ligament

UMLS_ID

C0023685

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID13448

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