0 one of the strong strips of tissue in the body that hold the lens of the eye in position or that another part or organ hangs from --
However, excess length puts extreme tension on the tendons and ligaments of the back of the leg, predisposing the horse to a bowed tendon or suspensory ligament injury.
This harboured 130 specimens, of which 128 were in the suspensory ligaments and 2 in the humour.
The suspensory apparatus consists of the suspensory ligament, the check ligament, the deep digital flexor tendon, the superficial flexor tendon, the common digital extensor tendon and the sesamoid bones.
Due to the construction of the fetlock joint, luxation will result in either a complete rupture of the flexor tendons and suspensory ligament or a lateral disarticulation.
It is just superficial to the suspensory ligament.
The diagnosis was a ruptured suspensory ligament in the front left leg.
The ovaries are uncovered in the peritoneal cavity but are tethered to the body wall via the suspensory ligament of the ovary.
The suspensory ligament attaches the superior border of the ascending duodenum to the diaphragm.
