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Ligament vs Retinaculum - What's the difference?

ligament | retinaculum |

In anatomy terms the difference between ligament and retinaculum

is that ligament is a band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones while retinaculum is one of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.

ligament

English

(wikipedia ligament)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.

    • See also

    *Tendon

    Derived terms

    * ligamental * ligamentary * ligamentous

    retinaculum

    English

    Noun

    (retinacula)
  • (anatomy) A connecting band.
    • the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves
  • (anatomy) One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
  • (zoology) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
  • (zoology) A loop on the underside of the forewing of some moths.
  • (botany) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.
    • (Webster 1913)