Weitbrecht ligament
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Weitbrecht cartilage cord (ligament) etc. — Weit·brecht cartilage, cord (ligament), etc. (vītґbrekt) [Josias Weitbrecht, German anatomist in Russia, 1702–1747] see chorda obliqua membranae interosseae antebrachii and discus articularis articulationis acromioclavicularis, and see… … 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
Weitbrecht — Josias, German Russian anatomist in St. Petersburg, 1702–1747. See W. cartilage, W. cord, W. fibers, under fiber, W. foramen, W. ligament, apparatus ligamentosus weitbrechti … Medical dictionary
Josias Weitbrecht — Josis Weitbrecht (born November 6, 1702 in Schorndorf, died February 28, 1747 in St. Petersburg) was a known German Professor of Medicine and Anatomy in Russia.Life and careerAfter his studies at the University of Tübingen initially Josias… … Wikipedia
prismatic ligament of Weitbrecht — ligamentum capitis femoris … Medical dictionary
Cord — Short and informal reference to the spinal cord, the major column of nerve tissue that is connected to the brain, lies within the vertebral canal, and from which the spinal nerves emerge. The spinal cord and the brain constitute the central… … Medical dictionary
retinaculum — A frenum, or a retaining band or ligament. [L. a band, a halter, fr. retineo, to hold back] antebrachial flexor r. thickening of distal antebrachial fascia just proximal to radiocarp … Medical dictionary
Oblique cord — Left elbow joint, showing anterior and ulnar collateral ligaments. (Oblique cord visible as diagonal white line near center bottom.) … Wikipedia
Cartilage — Firm, rubbery tissue that cushions bones at joints. A more flexible kind of cartilage connects muscles with bones and makes up other parts of the body, such as the larynx and the outside parts of the ears. * * * A connective tissue characterized… … Medical dictionary
Ligamentum meniscofemorale — Ansicht des linken Kniegelenks von hinten mit Blick auf die Ligamenta meniscofemoralia Das Ligamentum meniscofemorale (Meniskus Oberschenkelknochen Band) ist eine Bandstruktur, die vom Hinterhorn des Außenmeniskus zum innenseitigen Femurkondylus… … Deutsch Wikipedia
