posterior cruciate ligament
posterior cruciate ligament
nounDefinition of POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT
: a cruciate ligament of each knee that attaches the back of the tibia with the front of the femur and functions especially to limit the backward motion of the tibia
First Known Use of POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT
1981
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