annular ligament

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. the ligamentous envelope surrounding a part, as the joints of the wrist or ankle or the head of the radius.

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annular ligament British  

noun

1. anatomy any of various ligaments that encircle a part, such as the wrist, ankle, or trachea

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Etymology

Origin of annular ligament

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

In the horse, which we take as a type, the tendons of the flexors, after being retained in position at the carpus by a fibrous band, the carpal sheath, which recalls the anterior annular ligament of the human carpus, and having passed this region, descend vertically, remaining separated from the posterior surface of the metacarpus, so that the skin sinks slightly on the lateral parts in front of the thick cord which these tendons form.

From Project Gutenberg

This is intelligible enough; for in hocks so formed, the annular ligament must be continually on the stretch, in order to confine the tendon.

From Project Gutenberg

If the heat and lameness are considerable, it will be prudent to give a dose of physic, and to bleed from the subcutaneous vein, whose course is near it; and whether the injury is of the annular ligament, or the sheath of the tendon, more active means will be necessary to perfect a cure.

From Project Gutenberg

The Flexor of the Thumb takes its rise from the upper and inner part of the Radius, passes under the Annular Ligament, as also under the Thenar, and adheres to the first and second Bones of the same Thumb to bend it.

From Project Gutenberg

The Cubit�us Internus derives its Original from the part of the Arm-Bone, passeth under the Annular Ligament, and is ty'd by a thick Tendon to the small Bone of the Wrist, which is plac'd above the others.

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