posterior cruciate ligament

Preferred Label : posterior cruciate ligament;

MeSH 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 synonym : cruciate ligament, posterior; ligaments, posterior cruciate; cruciate ligaments, posterior; ligament, posterior cruciate; posterior cruciate ligaments;

MeSH annotation : a ligament of the knee;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior cruciate ligament;

Details

Origin ID

D016119;

UMLS CUI

C0080039;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Legg-calve-perthes disease [OMIM Phenotype]
- Posterior Cruciate ligament [ICHI extension code]
- Posterior cruciate ligament [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior cruciate ligament [Radlex concept]
- posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint [UBERON concept]
- posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament [NCIt concept]
- Posterior cruciate ligament [FMA entity]
Record concept(s)
- posterior cruciate ligament [MeSH concept]
See also
- anterior cruciate ligament [MeSH Descriptor]
- medial collateral ligament, knee [MeSH Descriptor]
- patellar ligament [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament [NCIt concept]
- Posterior cruciate ligament [FMA entity]
- Structure of posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior cruciate ligament [Radlex concept]
- posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint [UBERON concept]
- posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint [SNOMED Notion]

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