Type of tissue that connects bones to other bones

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Ligaments around the lower jaw, and between the head and the vertebrae: six figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

A segment of the spine. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

Ligaments attached to the pelvis and sacrum: two views. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

Ligaments attached to the sternum and the cartilages of the ribs: anterior view (above) and posterior view (below). Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

Ligaments to the vertebrae: eight figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

Ligaments attached to the ribs (above) and to the vertebrae (below): three figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

On the rupture of the crucial ligaments of the knee, and on fractures of the spine of the tibia / by Robert Jones and S. Alwyn Smith.

A treatise on ligaments / By Bransby B. Cooper.

Repair of the ruptured cranial cruciate ligament in the dog : an experimental and clinical study (a few experiments in cats included) / by Anders Strande.

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Ligaments

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Ligaments around the lower jaw, and between the head and the vertebrae: six figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

On the rupture of the crucial ligaments of the knee, and on fractures of the spine of the tibia / by Robert Jones and S. Alwyn Smith.

Ligaments attached to the sternum and the cartilages of the ribs: anterior view (above) and posterior view (below). Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

A treatise on ligaments / By Bransby B. Cooper.

Repair of the ruptured cranial cruciate ligament in the dog : an experimental and clinical study (a few experiments in cats included) / by Anders Strande.

Ligaments

Images from the collections

Images referencing Ligaments

Works from the collections

Ligaments around the lower jaw, and between the head and the vertebrae: six figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

On the rupture of the crucial ligaments of the knee, and on fractures of the spine of the tibia / by Robert Jones and S. Alwyn Smith.

Ligaments attached to the sternum and the cartilages of the ribs: anterior view (above) and posterior view (below). Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

A treatise on ligaments / By Bransby B. Cooper.

Repair of the ruptured cranial cruciate ligament in the dog : an experimental and clinical study (a few experiments in cats included) / by Anders Strande.

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