• A band of tissue that connects bones.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• Band of fibrous tissue connecting bone to bone or cartilage to bone thereby supporting or strengthening a joint.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Band of tissue that connects bones or supports viscera; some are distinct fibrous structures, some are folds of fascia or of indurated peritoneum.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Shiny, flexible bands of fibrous tissue connecting together articular extremities of bones. They are pliant, tough, and inextensile.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• Ligaments are tough fibrous cords composed of connective tissue that contains both collagen and elastic fibers. The elastic fibers allow the ligaments to stretch to some extent. Ligaments surround joints and bind them together. They help strengthen and stabilize joints, permitting movement only in certain directions. Ligaments also...
  Merck Manuals
  Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
• Ligament, tough fibrous band of connective tissue that serves to support the internal organs and hold bones together in proper articulation at the joints. A ligament is composed of dense fibrous bundles of collagenous fibres and spindle-shaped cells known as fibrocytes, with little ground substance...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020