On a hot day, youll be happy to have a fan that can oscillate, meaning it moves back and forth in a steady motion. The verb oscillate can be traced back to the Latin word oscillum, meaning swing, so it makes sense that oscillate is used to describe an object like a fan or a pendulum that swings from side to side.
Types of Ligaments: According to composition: 1  Most of the ligaments are made up of collagen fibers. 2  These are inelastic and unstretchable, 3  A few ligaments, like the Ligament flava and ligaments of auditory ossicles, are made up of elastin fibers (predominantly). 4  These are elastic and stretchable.
1 The ligaments of the wrist include. 2  extrinsic ligaments. 3  bridge carpal bones to the radius or metacarpals. 4  include volar and dorsal ligaments. 5  intrinsic ligaments. 6  originate and insert on carpal bones.7  the most important intrinsic ligaments are the scapholunate interosseous ligament and lunotriquetral interosseous ligament. The ligaments of the wrist include. 2  extrinsic ligaments. 3  bridge carpal bones to the radius or metacarpals. 4  include volar and dorsal ligaments. 5  intrinsic ligaments. 6  originate and insert on carpal bones.