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This forward movement is checked by the tension of the ligamenta flava which stretch between the laminæ.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

These amulets were styled ligamenta, ligaturæ, or phylacteria, by the writers of the early Middle Ages.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means

Voluit," says Matthew Paris, "ligamenta coifæ suæ solvere, ut, palam monstraret se tonsuram habere clericalem; sed non est permissus.

From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy

Gabriele Zerbi noted the oblique and the circular muscles of the stomach and described the puncta lachrymalia, the ligamenta uteri and other anatomical details which had escaped description previously.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.