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# ligament

noun (a ligament, ligaments)

«ligament» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A ligament is a strong, slightly stretchy band in your body that joins one bone to another at a joint, like the knee or ankle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligament/#m1)
2. Ligaments hold joints together and stop them bending the wrong way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligament/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and PE lessons, pupils learn the parts of the skeleton and joints: bones, muscles, tendons (join muscle to bone), ligaments (join bone to bone) and cartilage. Sports injuries such as a sprained ankle or a torn knee ligament are common; warming up helps. Phrases: «torn ligament», «knee ligament», «damaged ligaments», «sprain a ligament».

### Examples

- Ligaments join bone to bone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligament/#x1)
- The footballer tore a ligament in his knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligament/#x2)
- A sprained ankle means a ligament has been stretched too far. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligament/#x3)
- Warming up helps protect your muscles and ligaments. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligament/#x4)
- The doctor said the ligament would heal in six weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligament/#x5)
- Tendons attach muscles to bones, but ligaments attach bones to bones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligament/#x6)

### Note

Easy trap: tendon (muscle to bone) vs ligament (bone to bone). Say it "LIG-a-ment". Plural «ligaments».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ligament» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ligament/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ligament» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ligament.html) on Mova free.