Foundational Model of Anatomy

Last uploaded: May 13, 2019
Preferred Name

Arcuate popliteal ligament

Synonyms

Short lateral genual ligament

Definitions

Ligament of knee joint, each instance of which is a band of variable and ill-defined fibers at the posterolateral part of some knee joint; it is attached inferiorly to the apex of the head of some fibula, arches superiorly and medially over some popliteal tendon, and merges with some articular capsule.

ID

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma44596

definition

Ligament of knee joint, each instance of which is a band of variable and ill-defined fibers at the posterolateral part of some knee joint; it is attached inferiorly to the apex of the head of some fibula, arches superiorly and medially over some popliteal tendon, and merges with some articular capsule.

FMAID

44596

label

Arcuate popliteal ligament

non-English equivalent

Ligamentum popliteum arcuatum

Ligament poplité arqué

preferred name

Arcuate popliteal ligament

prefixIRI

fma:fma44596

synonym

Short lateral genual ligament

subClassOf

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma44580

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