anterior cruciate ligament

Preferred Label : anterior cruciate ligament;

Definition : A strong ligament of the knee that originates from the posteromedial portion of the lateral condyle of the femur, passes anteriorly and inferiorly between the condyles, and attaches to the depression in front of the intercondylar eminence of the tibia. [MeSH];

RADLEX acronyms : ACL;

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0078960;

Details

Origin ID

RID2781;

UMLS CUI

C0078960;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament [NCIt concept]
- Anterior Cruciate ligament [ICHI extension code]
- Anterior cruciate ligament [FMA entity]
- Anterior cruciate ligament [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Entire anterior cruciate ligament of knee joint (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- anterior cruciate ligament [MeSH concept]
- anterior cruciate ligament [MeSH Descriptor]
- anterior cruciate ligament of knee joint [UBERON concept]
Constitutional part of
- knee joint [Radlex concept]
FMA entity(ies)
- Anterior cruciate ligament [FMA entity]
Has part(s)
- anteromedial band of anterior cruciate ligament [Radlex concept]
- posterolateral band of anterior cruciate ligament [Radlex concept]
Part of
- knee joint [Radlex concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament [NCIt concept]
- Anterior cruciate ligament [FMA entity]
- Structure of anterior cruciate ligament of knee joint (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- anterior cruciate ligament [MeSH Descriptor]
- anterior cruciate ligament [MeSH concept]
- anterior cruciate ligament of knee joint [SNOMED Notion]
- anterior cruciate ligament of knee joint [UBERON concept]

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