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Ligaments
This hub gathers the ligaments and the other named connective-tissue bands, folds and fasciae: the ligaments that join bone to bone, the peritoneal folds and mesenteries (the omenta, the mesocolons) that suspend the viscera, and the membranes and fasciae that close a space. Each one restrains a movement or holds something in place, and its attachments explain exactly what it does.
Every ligament, fold and fascia in the AnatoMemory reference is listed below, grouped by body region. Each card covers the attachments, the function, and the clinical point examiners attach to it.
38 ligaments, grouped by region
Thorax
5- Central tendon of the diaphragmMobile fibrous center of the breathing diaphragm
- Chordae tendineaeFibrous restraints for the atrioventricular leaflets
- Fibrous skeleton of the heartConnective support and electrical separation around cardiac junctions
- Ligamentum arteriosumThe postnatal remnant of the fetal ductal connection
- Suprapleural membraneFascial reinforcement over the cervical pleura
Abdomen
13- Coronary and triangular ligamentsLiver–diaphragm peritoneal attachments
- Falciform ligamentAnterior hepatic peritoneal fold with an umbilical remnant
- Gastrosplenic ligamentA vascular fold between the fundus and splenic hilum
- Greater omentumMobile vascular and immune tissue over the bowel
- Hepatoduodenal ligamentPortal pedicle in the free lesser-omental margin
- Lesser omentumPeritoneal connection from liver to stomach and duodenum
- Ligamentum teres hepatisRound ligament tracing the fetal umbilical venous route
- Ligamentum venosumFibrous trace of the fetal hepatic shunt
- Mesentery of the small intestineMobile small bowel suspended from an oblique attachment
- Sigmoid mesocolonThe vascular attachment of the sigmoid loop
- Splenorenal ligamentThe peritoneal route into the splenic hilum
- Suspensory muscle of the duodenumA variable support at the duodenojejunal junction
- Transverse mesocolonThe mesentery beneath the stomach and pancreas
Pelvis
13- Broad ligamentA peritoneal fold organizing the uterine adnexa
- Cardinal (transverse cervical) ligamentParacervical connective tissue supporting the vaginal apex
- External spermatic fasciaThe cord sheath continuous with the superficial inguinal ring
- Internal spermatic fasciaA transversalis-fascia extension around the spermatic cord
- Ligament of the ovaryA short connection between ovary and uterus
- Median umbilical ligamentThe midline urachal remnant above the bladder
- Perineal bodyA three-dimensional junction of perineal support tissues
- Perineal membraneSupport tissue linking the pubic arch and pelvic outlets
- Pubovesical and puboprostatic ligamentsFibromuscular supports linking the outlet to the pubis
- Round ligament of the uterusA uterine cord that follows the inguinal canal
- Suspensory ligament of the ovaryThe ovarian vascular pedicle from the pelvic wall
- Suspensory ligament of the penisDeep connective attachments at the penopubic junction
- Uterosacral ligamentPosterior connective support for cervix and upper vagina
Back
2Head & neck
5- Cricothyroid ligamentElastic support beneath the vocal ligaments
- Diaphragma sellaeDura between the pituitary and suprasellar region
- Falx cerebriDural partition in the longitudinal cerebral fissure
- Quadrangular membraneFibroelastic support above the vocal folds
- Tentorium cerebelliA dural partition above the cerebellum