- Look up
cruciate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Cruciate, and
similar words, can mean: The
cruciate ligaments in the knee For a
magic spell in the...
- The
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of
cruciate ligaments (the
other being the
posterior cruciate ligament) in the
human knee. The two...
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Cruciate ligaments (also
cruciform ligaments) are
pairs of
ligaments arranged like a
letter X. They
occur in
several joints of the body, such as the knee...
- An
anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is
either stretched,
partially torn, or
completely torn. The most...
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Cruciate ligament injury may
refer to:
Anterior cruciate ligament injury Posterior cruciate ligament injury Tear of the
cruciate ligament of
atlas Unhappy...
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Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACL reconstruction) is a
surgical tissue graft replacement of the
anterior cruciate ligament,
located in the...
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posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is a
ligament in each knee of
humans and
various other animals. It
works as a
counterpart to the
anterior cruciate ligament...
- The
cruciate ligament of the
atlas (cruciform ligament) is a cross-shaped (thus the name)
ligament in the neck
forming part of the atlanto-axial joint...
- The
function of the
posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is to
prevent the
femur from
sliding off the
anterior edge of the
tibia and to
prevent the tibia...
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known as a
blown knee
among other names, is an
injury to the
anterior cruciate ligament,
medial collateral ligament, and meniscus.
Analysis during the...
