lateral check ligament
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check ligament — chek n 1) ALAR LIGAMENT (1) 2) either of two expansions of the sheaths of rectus muscles of the eye each of which prob. restrains the activity of the muscle with which it is associated: a) an expansion of the sheath of the lateral rectus that is… … Medical dictionary
check ligament medial — an extension from the fascia covering the medial rectus muscle, attaching to the lacrimal bone immediately posterior to the posterior lateral crest; called also check ligament of medial rectus muscle … Medical dictionary
check ligament lateral — lacertus musculi recti lateralis bulbi … Medical dictionary
check ligament of lateral rectus muscle — lacertus musculi recti lateralis bulbi … Medical dictionary
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
Alar ligament — Ligament: Alar ligament Membrana tectoria, transverse, and alar ligaments. (Alar ligament labeled at center right.) Latin ligamenta alaria Gray s … Wikipedia
Lockwood's ligament — The suspensory ligament (of Lockwood) forms a hammock stretching below the eyeball between the medial and lateral check ligaments and enclosing the inferior rectus and inferior oblique muscles of the eye. The ligament supports the eye,… … Wikipedia
Tubercle — A small tuber, a small lump or bump. * * * 1. A nodule, especially in an anatomic, not pathologic, sense. 2. A circumscribed, rounded, solid elevation on the skin, mucous membrane, or surface of an organ. 3. A slight … Medical dictionary
lacertus musculi recti lateralis bulbi — [TA] check ligament of lateral rectus muscle: an extension from the fascia covering the lateral rectus muscle, attaching to the orbital tubercle of the zygomatic bone and limiting the action of the muscle; called also lateral check ligament … Medical dictionary
lacertus — 1. [TA] A fibrous band, bundle, or slip related to a muscle. 2. Originally the muscular part of the upper limb from shoulder to elbow. [L.] l. cordis one of the trabeculae carneae. l. fibrosus b … Medical dictionary
