Suspensory ligament
Encyclopedia
Suspensory ligament describes any ligament
that supports a body part, especially an organ
. Types include:
Ligament
In anatomy, the term ligament is used to denote any of three types of structures. Most commonly, it refers to fibrous tissue that connects bones to other bones and is also known as articular ligament, articular larua, fibrous ligament, or true ligament.Ligament can also refer to:* Peritoneal...
that supports a body part, especially an organ
Organ (anatomy)
In biology, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in structural unit to serve a common function. Usually there is a main tissue and sporadic tissues . The main tissue is the one that is unique for the specific organ. For example, main tissue in the heart is the myocardium, while sporadic are...
. Types include:
- In humans
- Suspensory ligament of thyroid gland or Berry's ligament
- Suspensory ligament of clitoris
- Suspensory ligament of axilla or Gerdy's ligament
- Suspensory ligament of duodenum or Suspensory muscle of duodenum
- Suspensory ligament of ovary
- Suspensory ligament of penis
- Suspensory ligament of lens or Zonular fibres
- Suspensory ligament of eyeball or Lockwood's ligamentLockwood's ligamentThe suspensory ligament 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....
- Suspensory ligaments of breast or Cooper's ligamentsCooper's ligamentsCooper's ligaments are connective tissue in the breast that help maintain structural integrity.Transmission diffraction tomography can reveal the anatomy....
- In other animals
- In horseHorseThe horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
s, the suspensory ligament is part of the suspensory apparatus of the legLegŁęg may refer to the following places in Poland:*A former name for the town of Ełk *Part of the Czyżyny district of Kraków*Łęg, Pleszew County in Greater Poland Voivodeship...
. It supports the fetlockFetlockFetlock is the common name for the metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints of horses, large animals, and sometimes dogs. It is formed by the junction of the third metacarpal or metatarsal bones proximad and the proximal phalanx distad...
joint when the leg is supporting the horse's weight. It is frequently injured in athletic horses. The Horse Owners Guide To The Suspensory Ligament
- In horse