Dense regular connective tissue connecting two or more adjacent skeletal elements[VSAO,modified]. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051070 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]
Synonyms: true ligament articular larua articular ligament
Term information
- VSAO:0000072
- AEO:0000090
- SCTID:410744003
- AAO:0010444
- FMA:25624
- CALOHA:TS-2146
- GAID:118
- Wikipedia:Ligament#Articular_ligaments
- EV:0100144
- EHDAA2:0003232
- MA:0003005
Dense regular connective tissue connecting two or more adjacent skeletal elements or supporting an organ.[VSAO]
Ligament organ that primarily consists of regular dense connective tissue aggregated into fasciculi; connects bone and cartilage organs. Examples: sutural ligament, ligament of pinna, tarsal ligament[FMA:25624].
logical definition deliberately made strict to avoid classifying MA:spiral ligament as both nonskeletal and skeletal. see https://github.com/obophenotype/mouse-anatomy-ontology/issues/71
Term relations
- ligament
- cellular anatomical structure
- part of some skeletal system
- connects some skeletal element
- composed primarily of some dense regular connective tissue
- has part some extracellular matrix secreting cell
- has part some fibroblast