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Ligament (from Latin: ligare - bind, bind) is a band of connective tissue around a joint . This is a flat or more or less rolronde bundle of collagenous connective tissue fibers , which expire in one main direction. These ligaments are stretched around the pieces of bone joints, embedded in the joint capsule or there are free depending on the physical movement pattern of the involved joint. In this way they can strengthen the hairstyle or inhibit major moves. When a bone moves too sharply or the movement is misdirected, a bond could damage, such as sprains . Elastic ligaments with a high degree of extensibility are located on the spine , and then especially at the cervical vertebrae .
Until the ligaments also include folding the peritoneum or peritoneal and various remnants of a tubular structure from the fetal period.