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The human body one structure at a time. Every page has a 3D model you can turn, with its parts numbered on it, where it sits, what it does and what supplies it.

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Joints and ligaments · NeckMedian cricothyroid ligamentLigamentum cricothyreoideum medianumA strong midline band at the front of the larynx joining the lower edge of the thyroid cartilage to the arch of the cricoid.
Joints and ligaments · NeckMedian thyrohyoid ligamentLigamentum thyreohyoideum medianumThe thickened central part of the thyrohyoid membrane, joining the thyroid notch of the larynx to the central body of the hyoid.
Joints and ligaments · Lower limbMeniscopatellar ligamentLigamentum meniscopatellareA thin capsular band at the front of the knee running from the side of the patella to the front edge of the meniscus below it.
Joints and ligaments · FootMetatarsal interosseous ligamentsLigamenta metatarsea interosseaStrong short ligaments deep between the bases of neighbouring metatarsal bones, forming the main bond between them.
Joints and ligaments · Upper limbMiddle glenohumeral ligamentLigamentum glenohumerale mediumThe middle of the three glenohumeral ligaments, a band across the front of the shoulder capsule from glenoid rim to lesser tubercle.
Joints and ligaments · NeckNuchal ligamentLigamentum nuchaeA midline fibrous septum in the nape, running from the occipital bone to the spine of the seventh cervical vertebra.
Series · BackNuclei pulposiThe soft, water-rich cores of the intervertebral discs, from the C2-C3 disc down to the lumbosacral disc, that spread load between the vertebrae.
Joints and ligaments · Upper limbOblique cordChorda obliquaA small flat ligament in the upper forearm, passing from the ulnar tuberosity down and outwards to the radius just below its tuberosity.
Joints and ligaments · Lower limbOblique popliteal ligamentLigamentum popliteum obliquumA broad, flat band crossing the back of the knee capsule, formed as an expansion of the semimembranosus tendon.
Joints and ligaments · AbdomenObturator membraneMembrana obturatoriaA thin fibrous sheet that closes most of the obturator foramen of the hip bone, leaving a canal at the top through which the obturator nerve and vessels pass.
Joints and ligaments · HandPalmar capitohamate ligamentLigamentum capitohamatum palmareA short, strong band on the palm side of the wrist that ties the capitate to the hamate in the distal carpal row.
Joints and ligaments · HandPalmar carpometacarpal ligamentsLigamenta carpometacarpea palmariaBands on the palmar side of the hand that tie the distal carpal bones to the bases of the second to fifth metacarpals.
Joints and ligaments · HandPalmar interphalangeal ligamentsLigamenta interphalangea palmariaThe palmar plates of the finger joints: dense pads on the front of each interphalangeal joint that stop the fingers bending backwards.
Joints and ligaments · HandPalmar lunotriquetral ligamentLigamentum lunotriquetrum palmareThe palmar band of the ligament complex that joins the lunate to the triquetrum in the proximal row of carpal bones.
Joints and ligaments · HandPalmar metacarpal ligamentsLigamenta metacarpea palmariaShort transverse bands on the palmar side of the hand joining the bases of neighbouring finger metacarpals.
Joints and ligaments · Upper limbPalmar radio-ulnar ligamentLigamentum radioulnare palmareA narrow band on the front of the distal radio-ulnar joint, joining the front rim of the radius's ulnar notch to the ulnar head.
Joints and ligaments · HandPalmar scaphotriquetral ligamentLigamentum scaphotriquetrum palmareA palmar wrist ligament that arches from the triquetrum to the scaphoid, crossing the front of the midcarpal joint distal to the lunate.
Joints and ligaments · HandPalmar trapezoideocapitate ligamentLigamentum trapezoideocapitatum palmareA short palmar ligament of the distal carpal row that binds the trapezoid to the capitate on the palm side of the wrist.
Joints and ligaments · HandPisohamate ligamentLigamentum pisohamatumA strong band at the base of the palm linking the pisiform with the hamate's hook and flooring the ulnar canal.
Joints and ligaments · HandPisometacarpal ligamentLigamentum pisometacarpeumA short palmar band at the ulnar edge of the wrist, linking the pisiform with the base of the little-finger metacarpal.
Joints and ligaments · HandPisotriquetral ligamentLigamentum pisotriquetrumThe capsular ligament of the small joint between the pisiform and the palmar surface of the triquetrum, on the ulnar side of the wrist.
Joints and ligaments · FootPlantar calcaneocuboid ligamentLigamentum calcaneocuboideum plantareThe short plantar ligament: a wide, very strong sole band joining the front of the calcaneus to the cuboid, under the long plantar ligament.
Joints and ligaments · FootPlantar calcaneonavicular ligamentLigamentum calcaneonaviculare plantareThe spring ligament: a thick sling under the head of the talus, running from the heel bone's sustentaculum tali to the navicular.
Joints and ligaments · FootPlantar cuboideonavicular ligamentLigamentum cuboideonaviculare plantareA small fibrous band in the sole of the midfoot that ties the underside of the navicular to the underside of the cuboid.