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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 allow for normal movements at a joint, but limit the range of these motions, thus preventing excessive or abnormal joint movements.

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 and other tissues are attached where the gullet joins the stomach, so that this junction is anchored permanently below the diaphragm.

From Time Magazine Archive

I shall consequently in these pages always speak of the tone-producing element as the "Vocal Ligaments."

From The Mechanism of the Human Voice by Behnke, Emil