ligament

«ligament» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong, slightly stretchy band in your body that joins… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a ligament, ligaments)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) Ligaments hold joints together and stop them bending the wrong way. tree →

sense 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 →
• The footballer tore a ligament in his knee. tree →
• A sprained ankle means a ligament has been stretched too far. tree →
• Warming up helps protect your muscles and ligaments. tree →
• The doctor said the ligament would heal in six weeks. tree →
• Tendons attach muscles to bones, but ligaments attach bones to bones. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Ligaments join bone to bone, while tendons join muscle to bone.
• A torn ACL, a ligament inside the knee, often needs surgery and around 9 months of rehab before a player is back.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ligament» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.