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Descriptor English: Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Descriptor Spanish: Ligamento Cruzado Anterior
Descriptor ligamento cruzado anterior
Scope note: Un fuerte ligamento de la rodilla que se origina en la porción posteromedial del cóndilo lateral del fémur, cruza entre los cóndilos por la parte anterior e inferior y se fija en la depresión situada en frente de la eminencia intercondílea de la tibia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ligamento Cruzado Anterior
Descriptor French: Ligament croisé antérieur
Entry term(s): Anterior Cranial Cruciate Ligament
Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
Cranial Cruciate Ligament
Cranial Cruciate Ligaments
Cruciate Ligament, Anterior
Cruciate Ligament, Cranial
Cruciate Ligaments, Anterior
Cruciate Ligaments, Cranial
Ligament, Anterior Cruciate
Ligament, Cranial Cruciate
Ligaments, Anterior Cruciate
Ligaments, Cranial Cruciate
Tree number(s): A02.513.514.100
A02.835.583.512.100
A10.165.669.514.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016118
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: /surg: consider also ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: injuries:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Previous Indexing: Knee Joint (1966-1990)
Ligaments, Articular (1966-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 91
History Note: 91
Related: Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee MeSH
Posterior Cruciate Ligament MeSH
DeCS ID: 28861
Unique ID: D016118
NLM Classification: WE 870
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/02/12
Revision Date: 2019/07/05
Anterior Cruciate Ligament - Preferred
Concept UI M0024623
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Entry term(s) Anterior Cruciate Ligaments
Cruciate Ligament, Anterior
Cruciate Ligaments, Anterior
Ligament, Anterior Cruciate
Ligaments, Anterior Cruciate
Anterior Cranial Cruciate Ligament - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000649718
Preferred term Anterior Cranial Cruciate Ligament
Entry term(s) Cranial Cruciate Ligament
Cranial Cruciate Ligaments
Cruciate Ligament, Cranial
Cruciate Ligaments, Cranial
Ligament, Cranial Cruciate
Ligaments, Cranial Cruciate



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