Category: A

The anterior, posterior, and superior auricular ligaments uniting the external ear to the temporal bone.  

A fibrous cord extending from the pulmonary artery to the arch of the aorta, the remains of the ductus arteriosus of the fetus.  

A single median ligament extending from the odontoid process to the occipital bone.  

Ligament of the ankle that connects the anteromedial portion of the talus to the anterior portion of the medial malleolus, preventing anterior displacement of the talus within the mortise, especially when the ankle is plantar flexed. The anterior tibiotalar ligament is categorized as part of the ankle’s deltoid ligament complex.  

A broad ligament located on the anterior half of the distal fibula, superior to the lateral malleolus, that binds the fibula to the tibia. The anterior tibiofibular ligament is part of the distal ankle syndesmosis.  

The ligament of the ankle that connects the lateral talus and fibular malleolus, preventing anterior displacement of the talus in the mortise. This ligament is injured with an excessive inversion and plantar flexion motion (supination) and is the most commonly injured ligament of the ankle.  

The thick wide connective tissue band running along the front of the entire vertebral column. The anterior longitudinal ligament attaches to the front and sides of the bodies of the vertebrae and the intervertebral discs.  

A band of fibrous tissue joining the tip of the coccyx with the external anal sphincter.  

A circular ligament, especially one enclosing a head or radius or one holding the footplate of the stapes in the oval window.  

One of a pair of short round ligaments extending up from the sides of the dens, through the foramen of the atlas, and attaching to the sides of the foramen magnum of the skull. They limit side flexion and rotation of the head in relation to the vertebral column.