posterior cruciate ligament

Preferred Label : posterior cruciate ligament;

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];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0080039;

Details

Origin ID

RID2784;

UMLS CUI

C0080039;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior Cruciate Ligament [NCIt concept]
- Posterior Cruciate ligament [ICHI extension code]
- Posterior cruciate ligament [FMA entity]
- Posterior cruciate ligament [ICD-11 Extension code]
- posterior cruciate ligament [MeSH concept]
- posterior cruciate ligament [MeSH Descriptor]
- posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint [UBERON concept]
Constitutional part of
- knee joint [Radlex concept]
FMA entity(ies)
- Posterior cruciate ligament [FMA entity]
Has part(s)
- anterolateral band of posterior cruciate ligament [Radlex concept]
- posteromedial band of posterior 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)
- 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 [MeSH Descriptor]
- posterior cruciate ligament [MeSH concept]
- posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint [SNOMED Notion]
- posterior cruciate ligament of knee joint [UBERON concept]

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