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CRUCIATE LIGAMENT, ANTERIOR
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Descriptor
English
:
Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Ligamento Cruzado Anterior
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Ligamento Cruzado Anterior
Synonyms
English
:
Cruciate Ligament, Anterior
Tree Number:
A02.513.514.100
A02.835.583.512.100
Definition
English
:
A strong ligament of the knee that originates from the posteromedial portion of the lateral condyle of the femur, passes anteriorly and inferiorly between the condyles, and attaches to the
depression
in front of the intercondylar eminence of the tibia.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
/surg: consider also
ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION
See Related
English
:
Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee
Posterior Cruciate Ligament
History Note
English
:
91
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AB
abnormalities
AH
anatomy & histology
BS
blood supply
CH
chemistry
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
GD
growth & development
IM
immunology
IN
injuries
IR
innervation
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
PP
physiopathology
RE
radiation effects
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
SU
surgery
TR
transplantation
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
28861
Unique Identifier:
D016118
Occurrence in VHL
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