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Ligaments and tendons can be trained and strengthened only so much, Fleisig said.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2017

Ligaments that unite the medial or lateral malleolus with the talus and calcaneus bones serve to support the talocrural joint and to resist excess eversion or inversion of the foot.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Figure 7.31 Ligaments of Vertebral Column The anterior longitudinal ligament runs the length of the vertebral column, uniting the anterior sides of the vertebral bodies.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Ligaments joining the femur and tibia wrap around the knee to keep the bones together; the only cushion between these bones is two thin bands of cartilaginous tissue called menisci.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ligaments are injured less frequently than are bones.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor