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Ligament — A ligament is a tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones. Ligament is a fitting term; it comes from the Latin ligare meaning to bind or tie. * * * 1. A band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting two or… … Medical dictionary
Civinini ligament process — Ci·vi·ni·ni ligament, process (che″ve neґne) [Filippo Civinini, Italian anatomist, 1805–1844] see ligamentum pterygospinale and processus pterygospinosus … Medical dictionary
Civinini — Filippo, Italian anatomist, 1805–1844. See C. canal, C. ligament, C. process … Medical dictionary
Filippo Civinini — (1805 1844) was an Italian anatomist from Pistoia. Civinini was a professor of anatomy at the University of Pisa. He composed the first catalogue regarding the collections of anatomy at the Museum of Pisa.In 1835 Civinini provided the first… … Wikipedia
Process — In anatomy, a process is a projection from a structure. The process of the mandible is the part of the lower jaw that projects forward. In a more general sense, a process is a series of actions or events that are part of a system or of a… … Medical dictionary
canal — A duct or channel; a tubular structure. SEE ALSO: c., duct. SYN: canalis [TA]. [L. canalis] abdominal c. SYN: inguinal c.. accessory c. a channel leading from the root … Medical dictionary
