ligament

type of tissue that connects bones to other bones
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q39888
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ligament

Summary

ligament is a class of anatomical entity[1]. ligament draws 884 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #178 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • ligament's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[3].
  • ligament is a type of connective tissue[4].
  • ligament is a type of general anatomical term[5].
  • ligament's Commons category is recorded as Ligaments[6].
  • ligament comprises intracapsular ligament[7].
  • ligament comprises extracapsular ligament[8].
  • ligament comprises capsular ligaments[9].
  • ligament's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ligaments[10].
  • ligament's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
  • ligament's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Ligament[12].
  • ligament's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Ligament[13].
  • ligament's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C13046[14].
  • ligament's different from is recorded as ligament organ[15].
  • ligament's studied by is recorded as desmology[16].

Why It Matters

ligament draws 884 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #178 of 1,372).[2] ligament has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] ligament is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ligament. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ligament
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ligament_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ligament}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ligament}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from ligament organ
    Subclass of connective tissue, general anatomical term
    Instance of
    Umls cui C0023685
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19970, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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