ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT


Meaning of ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1974

: a cruciate ligament of each knee that attaches the front of the tibia with the back of the femur and functions especially to prevent hyperextension of the knee and is subject to injury especially by tearing — called also ACL

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