- Posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint
- 膝关节后交叉韧带
Medical Chinese dictionary (湘雅医学词典). 2013.
Posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint
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Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) — The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength to the… … Medical dictionary
PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) — The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength to the… … Medical dictionary
cruciate ligament — n any of several more or less cross shaped ligaments: as a) either of two ligaments in the knee joint which cross each other from femur to tibia: (1) ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (2) POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT b) a complex ligament made up of the… … Medical dictionary
Cruciate ligament — Illustration of the ligaments of the knee, including the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments Cruciate ligaments (also cruciform ligaments) are pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X.[1] They occur in several joints of the body, such as … Wikipedia
Cruciate ligament, posterior — The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength to the… … Medical dictionary
Ligament, posterior cruciate — The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength to the… … Medical dictionary
Knee joint — The knee joint has three parts. The thigh bone (the femur) meets the large shin bone (the tibia) to form the main knee joint. This joint has an inner (medial) and an outer (lateral) compartment. The kneecap (the patella) joins the femur to form a … Medical dictionary
cruciate ligament — /ˈkruʃiət lɪgəmənt/ (say kroohsheeuht liguhmuhnt) noun one of two major ligaments of the knee which connect the femur to the tibia and give stability to the knee, as either the anterior cruciate ligament, lying towards the front of the knee joint …
Posterior meniscofemoral ligament — Infobox Ligament Name = Posterior meniscofemoral ligament Latin = ligamentum meniscofemorale posterius GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Caption2 = From = lateral meniscus To = femur System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = l 09… … Wikipedia
Anterior cruciate ligament — Ligament: Anterior cruciate ligament Diagram of the right knee. (Anterior cruciate ligament labeled at center left.) Latin ligamentum cruciatum anterius … Wikipedia
Medial ligament of talocrural joint — Ligament: Medial ligament of talocrural joint Ligaments of the medial aspect of the foot. Latin ligamentum collaterale mediale articulationis talocruralis, ligamentum deltoideum … Wikipedia
