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She tore a knee ligament and will miss the rest of the season.ligament = tough fibrous tissue that connects bones
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She tore her ACL--one of the four major ligaments that hold the knee in place by.
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Both tendons and ligaments are connective tissue.
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While tendons connect muscles to each other or to bone, ligaments connect bone to bone.
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In general, bones heal better than ligaments.
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Dad made him quit after he tore a ligament, though. (source)ligament = a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages
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Grant had finally put that one to rest, by demonstrating that many species of birds and reptiles underwent a postmortem contraction of posterior neck ligaments, which bent the head backward in a characteristic way.† (source)ligaments = tough fibrous tissues that connect bones
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Watching the dog move told Edgar it would be two weeks—two, three, even—before they could travel, assuming Tinder's paw didn't get infected, and he hadn't cut a tendon or ligament so vital he would (as Henry had so delicately suggested) be crippled.† (source)ligament = tough fibrous tissue that connects bones
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The flesh cloven along the bones, the ligaments dried to tug and taut as wires.† (source)ligaments = tough fibrous tissues that connect bones
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On Heaven's Gate, I discovered what a mental stimulant physical labor could be; not mere physical labor, I should add, but absolutely spine-bending, lung-racking, gut-ripping, ligament-tearing, and ball-breaking physical labor.† (source)ligament = tough fibrous tissue that connects bones
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Another, assaulted by someone wielding a machete atop the trains, arrived with the ligaments in his right hand severed.† (source)ligaments = tough fibrous tissues that connect bones
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Blood had filled the broad ligament on one side.† (source)ligament = tough fibrous tissue that connects bones
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The bullet had hit him in the shoulder, severing tendons and ligaments, shattering bone.† (source)ligaments = tough fibrous tissues that connect bones
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Every muscle, bone and ligament will hurt like they've been put through a meat grinder.† (source)ligament = tough fibrous tissue that connects bones
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It was necessary to pull hard enough to tear ligaments in the deceased's groin, and this Horace Whaley did.† (source)ligaments = tough fibrous tissues that connect bones
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Seabiscuit's suspensory ligament was ruptured.† (source)ligament = tough fibrous tissue that connects bones
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