| 单词 | cruciate ligament |
| 释义 | > as lemmascruciate ligament cruciate ligament n. Anatomy (a) the cruciform ligament of the cervical spine, consisting of fibres of the transverse ligament of the atlas and longitudinal fibres connecting the axis, the transverse ligament, and the occipital bone; (b) either of two strong ligaments of the knee joint, which extend, crossing each other, from the tibia to the intercondylar fossa of the femur. ΚΠ 1883 W. B. Clarke & C. B. Lockwood Dissector's Man. 370 The transverse or cruciate ligament, which keeps the odontoid process in place, may then be cleaned. 1914 S. Sisson Anat. Domest. Animals (ed. 2) 238 The anterior cruciate ligament..arises in the central fossa on the tibial spine..and ends on the lateral wall of the intercondyloid fossa. 1977 Amer. Jrnl. Vet. Res. 38 1873 A new fascial technique was used to repair artificially induced rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament in 20 dogs. 1989 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 2 July [His] return to Test football after a two-year absence abruptly ended at halftime when he retired with cruciate ligament damage. 2004 U.S. News & World Rep. 21 June 74/3 Flexibility might..help explain why women are up to 10 times as likely as men to tear the anterior cruciate ligament in their knees. < as lemmas |
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