1, Outermost slip from the glenoidal fibro-cartilage; 2, lateral ligament of the first interphalangeal articulation; 3, prolongations of the lateral ligament of the first interphalangeal articulation attached to the end of the navicular bone to form the postero-lateral ligament of the pedal joint; 4, end of the navicular bone; 5, antero-lateral ligament of the pedal joint.]

The Sea Lion, of Oyster Pond, had now cast off the last ligament which connected her with the land.

Six years after, she fell again on the same knee, so twisting it and injuring the ligaments that it became partially stiff, and, the physician said, incurable.

If it was the recent skeleton of a murdered man, then the bones had been carefully stripped of flesh so as to leave the ligaments intact.

The theatrical conduct of Scaevinuswho took an antique dagger from the Temple of Safety, made his will, ordered the dagger to be sharpened, sat down to an unusually luxurious banquet, manumitted or made presents to his slaves, showed great agitation, and finally ordered ligaments for wounds to be prepared,awoke the suspicions of one of his freedmen named Milichus, who hastened to claim a reward for revealing his suspicions.

There are horses which never lie down, and all horses can sleep standing; anatomically they possess a ligament in each leg which takes their weight without strain.

But this was highly improbable; for there could be no object in preserving the ligaments.

On the right the lens is arranged for distant vision, the ciliary muscle is relaxed and the ligament D is tense, so flattening by its compression the front of the lens C; on the left the muscle A is acting, and this relaxes the ligament and allows the lens B to become more convex, and so fitted for the vision of near objects.]

After long confinement to the bed from disease, the joints have wasted ligaments, thin cartilages, and the bones are of smaller proportions.

A very delicate connective tissue, called the synovial membrane, lines the capsules of the joints, and covers the ligaments connected with them.