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Descriptor English: Posterior Cruciate Ligament
Descriptor Spanish: Ligamento Cruzado Posterior
Descriptor ligamento cruzado posterior
Scope note: Un fuerte ligamento de la rodilla que se origina en la superficie anterolateral del cóndilo medial del fémur, pasa entre los cóndilos por la porción posterior e inferior y se fija al área intercondilea posterior de la tibia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ligamento Cruzado Posterior
Descriptor French: Ligament croisé postérieur
Entry term(s): Cruciate Ligament, Posterior
Cruciate Ligaments, Posterior
Ligament, Posterior Cruciate
Ligaments, Posterior Cruciate
Posterior Cruciate Ligaments
Tree number(s): A02.513.514.600
A02.835.583.512.600
A10.165.669.514.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016119
Scope note: A strong ligament of the knee that originates from the anterolateral surface of the medial condyle of the femur, passes posteriorly and inferiorly between the condyles, and attaches to the posterior intercondylar area of the tibia.
Annotation: a ligament of the knee
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
IN injuries
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
Previous Indexing: Knee Joint (1973-1990)
Ligaments, Articular (1973-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 91
History Note: 91
Related: Anterior Cruciate Ligament MeSH
Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee MeSH
DeCS ID: 29086
Unique ID: D016119
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: 2017/06/20
Posterior Cruciate Ligament - Preferred
Concept UI M0024624
Scope note A strong ligament of the knee that originates from the anterolateral surface of the medial condyle of the femur, passes posteriorly and inferiorly between the condyles, and attaches to the posterior intercondylar area of the tibia.
Preferred term Posterior Cruciate Ligament
Entry term(s) Cruciate Ligament, Posterior
Cruciate Ligaments, Posterior
Ligament, Posterior Cruciate
Ligaments, Posterior Cruciate
Posterior Cruciate Ligaments



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