LIFT-CURE 



679 



LIGAMENT 



and do not dissociate males and females. Dr. Farr 

 constructed three English Life-tables, designated 

 respectively, Xos. I, 2, and 3, and various other tables 

 have been made, called the Healthy Districts, the 

 Upper Class Experience, the Healthy Males, the 

 Clerical Experience-tables, etc. The last note- 

 worthy table is the New English Life-table, by Dr. 

 Ogle, which starts with a million males and a million 

 females and shows the number surviving at each age, 

 and the mean expectation of life at each age. See 

 . Expectation of. L.-time, Mean After. Syn- 

 onym of Expectation of life. See Life, Expectation 

 : L. Vegetative. See L., Animal. 



Lift-cure (lift-kur). The therapeutic use of the 

 " health lift" (a. v.), and of other similar devices. 



Ligament (lig f -am-ent), Ligamentum {lig-am-en' - 

 \Jigamenttim ; ligare, to bind]. A band of 

 flexible, compact connective tissue connecting the 

 articular ends of the bones, and sometimes enveloping 

 them in a capsule. L., Accessory. See L., Coraco- 

 hitmeral. L., Acromio-clavicular, a broad liga- 

 ment covering the acromio-clavicular articulation and 

 extending from the clavicle to the acromial process of 

 the scapula. L., Acromio-clavicular, Inferior, one 

 extending from the clavicle to the acromial process of 

 the scapula, across the lower portion of the acromio- 

 clavicular articulation. L., Alar {of knee), one of the 

 two folds of synovial membrane on either side of the 

 mucous ligament. L., Annular (of radius), that 

 surrounding the head of the radius. L., Annular 

 (of stapes), that extending from the base of the stapes 

 to the oval window. L., Annular, Anterior (of ankle), 

 the broad ligament covering the anterior surface of the 

 ankle-joint. L., Annular, Anterior (of wrist), a 

 strong ligament extending from the trapezium to the 

 unciform bone, confining the flexor tendons. L., An- 

 nular, External (of ankle), that joining the posterior 

 border of the external malleolus and the external sur- 

 face of the calcaneum. L., Annular, Internal (of 

 '■:), one joining the internal malleolus and the inner 

 surface of the os calcis. L., Annular, Posterior (of 

 carpus), a strong ligament reaching from the styloid 

 process and lower end of the radius, across the back 

 of the wrist to the styloid process of the ulna. L., 

 Anterior (of ankle), a small ligament in front of the 

 ankle-joint. L., Anterior (of elboau), that extend- 

 ing from the coronoid process of the ulna to the 

 coronoid fossa of the humerus. L., Anterior (of 

 knee), the ligamentum patellae. L., Anterior (of 

 malleus), that extending from the spine of the 

 sphenoid to the anterior portion of the head and neck 

 of the malleus. L., Anterior (of uterus), one of the 

 fibrous and peritoneal folds extending from the bladder 

 to the uterus. L.., Anterior (of wrist), a strong, 

 broad ligament extending from the anterior surface of 

 the upper row of carpal bones to the lower ends of 

 the ulna and radius. L., Arcuate, one of the arched 

 ligaments extending from the body of the diaphragm 

 to the last rib, and to the transverse process of the first 

 lumbar vertebra. L., Arnold's. See Z., Suspensory 

 (of incus i. L., Arterial, the fibrous remains of the 

 ductus arteriosus. L., Aryteno-epiglottic, one of the 

 ligamentous folds joining the epiglottis and the aryte- 

 noid cartilage. L., Arytenoid, Inferior, one of the false 

 vocal bands. L., Astragalo-calcaneal, External, 

 that joining the external surface of the astragalus and 

 the outer margin of the calcaneum. L., Astragalo- 

 calcaneal, Internal, one extending from the os calcis 

 to the posterior margin of the sustentaculum tali. L., 

 Astragalo-calcaneal, Posterior. See L., Calcaneo- 

 astragaloid, Posterior. L., Astragalo-navicular, 

 Superior. See L.,Astragalo-scaphoid, Superior. L., 



Astragalo-scaphoid, Internal, one joining the inner 

 surfaces of the astragalus and the scaphoid. L., Astrag- 

 alo-scaphoid, Superior, one joining the anterior ex- 

 tremity of the astragalus and the upper surface of the 

 scaphoid. L., Atlanto-axial. See L., Atlo-axoid. 

 L., Atlanto-axial, Deep. See L. , Atlo-axoid, Ante- 

 rior. L., Atlanto-axial, Posterior, one joining the 

 neural arches of the atlas and the axis. L., Atlanto- 

 axial, Superficial. See L., Atlanto-axial, Anterior. 

 L., Atlanto-occipital. See L., Atlo-occipi/al. L., 

 Atlanto-occipital, Posterior. See L. , Occipito-at- 

 lantal, Posterior. L., Atlo-axoid, that joining the 

 atlas and the axis. L., Atlo-axoid, Anterior, 

 that joining the ventral margins of the atlas and 

 the axis. L., Atlo-occipital, that joining the atlas 

 and the occiput. L., Auricular, Anterior, a broad 

 ligament extending from the zygoma to the cauda heli- 

 cis. L., Auricular, Posterior, one reaching from the 

 mastoid process to the posterior surface of the ear. L., 

 Auricular, Superior, a portion of the temporal fascia, 

 inserted into the upper portion of the cartilage of the 

 ear. L. of Barkow, ligamentous fibers in the fatty 

 tissue in the upper portion of the olecranon fossa. L., 

 3ellini's. See L., Tendino-trockanterian. L., Ber- 

 tin's, the iliofemoral ligament. L. of Bigelow. See 

 L. , Iliofemoral. L., Broad (of liver), a broad fold of 

 peritoneum extending from the diaphragm to the upper 

 surface of the liver. L., Broad (of lungs), one of the 

 folds of the pleura, connecting the lower surfaces of the 

 lungs with the diaphragm. L., Broad (of uterus), a 

 fold of peritoneum extending laterally from the uterus 

 to the pelvic wall. L., Burns' (Allen). See L. , Hefs. 

 L., Calcaneo-astragaloid, Internal. See L., As- 

 tragalo-calcaneal, Internal. L., Calcaneo-astrag- 

 aloid, Interosseous, that uniting the calcaneum 

 and the astragalus. L., Calcaneo-astragaloid, 

 Posterior, one joining the calcaneum and the 

 posterior border of the astragalus. L., Calcaneo- 

 cuboid, Dorsal. See L., Calcaneo-cuboid, Superior. 

 L., Calcaneo-cuboid. Internal, one joining the in- 

 ner surfaces of the calcaneum and the cuboid. L., 

 Calcaneo-cuboid, Interosseous. SeeZ., Calcaneo- 

 cuboid, Internal. L., Calcaneo-cuboid, Long, one 

 running from the under surface of the calcaneum to 

 the under surface of the cuboid. L., Calcaneo-cu- 

 boid, Short, a thick ligament extending between the 

 os calcis and the under surface of the cuboid. L., 

 Calcaneo-cuboid, Superior, one attached to the dor- 

 sal surface of the calcaneum, and inserted into the 

 dorsal surface of the cuboid. L., Calcaneo-fibular, 

 that joining the apex of the external malleolus to 

 the outer surface of the calcaneum. L., Calcaneo- 

 navicular, Inferior. See Z., Calcaneo-scaphoid , In- 

 ferior. L., Calcaneo-scaphoid. Dorsal. See Z., 

 Calcaneo-scaphoid, External. L., Calcaneo-scaphoid, 

 External, that extending from the calcaneum at its 

 articulation with the astragalus to the external surface 

 of the scaphoid. L., Calcaneo-scaphoid, Inferior, 

 one joining the anterior and inner end of the calca- 

 neum to the under surface of the scaphoid. L., Cal- 

 caneo-scaphoid, Interosseous. See Z., Calcaneo- 

 scaphoid, External. L., Calcaneo-scaphoid, Plan- 

 tar. See Z., Calcaneo-scaphoid, Inferior. L., Cal- 

 caneo-scaphoid, Superior. SeeZ., Calcaneo-scaph- 

 oid. External. L., Camper's, the deep layer of the 

 perineal fascia covering the bulb of the urethra and 

 the crura of the penis. L., Capsular, a heavy fibrous 

 structure surrounding an articulation, and lined by 

 synovial membrane. L., Carcassonne's. See Z., 

 Pubovesical, Middle. L., Carpal, Anterior, that 

 covering the palmar surface of the carpus. L., 

 Carpal, Common, the annular ligament of the wrist- 



