ligaments - CISMeF

Preferred Label : ligaments;

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

MeSH synonym : ligament;

MeSH hyponym : Interosseal Ligaments; Ligament, Interosseal; Interosseous Ligament; Interosseous Ligaments; Ligament, Interosseous;

MeSH annotation : IM; coord with site (IM); joint ligaments LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; coordinate with site; joint ligaments LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligament;

Details

Origin ID

D008022;

UMLS CUI

C0023685;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- Interosseal Ligament [MeSH concept]
- ligaments [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- costocoracoid ligament congenitally short [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- superior transverse scapular ligament, calcification of, familial [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- sprains and strains [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Tissue [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Ligament [FMA entity]
- Ligament [NCIt concept]
- Set of ligaments [FMA entity]
- Structure of ligament (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ligament [UBERON concept]
- ligament, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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