Posterior intercondylar area
Bone: Posterior intercondyloid fossa |
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Upper surface of right tibia. (Posterior intercondyloid fossa visible at bottom.) |
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area intercondylaris posterior tibiae |
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subject #61 256 |
Posteriorly, the medial condyle and lateral condyle are separated from each other by a shallow depression, the posterior intercondyloid fossa (or intercondylar area), which gives attachment to part of the posterior cruciate ligament of the knee-joint.
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anat(c/f/k/f, u, t/p, l)/phys/devp/cell
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noco/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr
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