Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

posterior cruciate ligament

Synonyms

Hinteres Kreuzband

ligamentum cruciatum posterius

Definitions

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. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID2784

Attaches_to

http://radlex.org/RID/RID39636

Constitutional_Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID2751

Definition

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. [MeSH]

FMAID

44617

Has_insertion

http://radlex.org/RID/RID39636

Has_origin

http://radlex.org/RID/RID49271

Has_Regional_Part

http://radlex.org/RID/RID48245

http://radlex.org/RID/RID48248

label

RID2784

Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID2751

Preferred_name

posterior cruciate ligament

Preferred_name_German

ligamentum cruciatum posterius

prefixIRI

RID2784

Synonym

ligamentum cruciatum posterius

Synonym_German

Hinteres Kreuzband

UMLS_ID

C0080039

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID7835

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