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  2. Anterolateral ligament - Wikipedia

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    The anterolateral ligament (ALL) is a ligament on the lateral aspect of the human knee, anterior to the fibular collateral ligament. [1]Perhaps the earliest account of the ALL was written by French surgeon Paul Segond in 1879, in which he described a ligamentous structure between the lateral femur and tibia.

  3. List of eponymous fractures - Wikipedia

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    compression fracture of lateral tibial plateau: forced valgus of knee when struck from side by car bumper: Bumper fracture at TheFreeDictionary.com: Chance fracture: George Quentin Chance: horizontal fracture of vertebral body: hyperflexion of spine, seen in car accidents when lap belts were used: Chance fracture at Wheeless' Textbook of ...

  4. Anterior ligament of the head of the fibula - Wikipedia

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    The anterior ligament of the head of the fibula (anterior superior ligament) consists of two or three broad and flat bands, which pass obliquely upward from the front of the head of the fibula to the front of the lateral condyle of the tibia.

  5. Hydra (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Hydras have two significant structures on their body: the "head" and the "foot". When a Hydra is cut in half, each half regenerates and forms into a small Hydra; the "head" regenerates a "foot" and the "foot" regenerates a "head". If the Hydra is sliced into many segments then the middle slices form both a "head" and a "foot". [7]

  6. Superior tibiofibular joint - Wikipedia

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    The superior tibiofibular articulation (also called proximal tibiofibular joint) is an arthrodial joint between the lateral condyle of tibia and the head of the fibula.. The contiguous surfaces of the bones present flat, oval facets covered with cartilage and connected together by an articular capsule and by anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments.

  7. Lernaean Hydra - Wikipedia

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    The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna (Ancient Greek: Λερναῖα ὕδρα, romanized: Lernaîa Húdrā), more often known simply as the Hydra, is a serpentine lake monster in Greek mythology and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaïdes.

  8. Knee bursae - Wikipedia

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    the deep infrapatellar bursa between the upper part of the tibia and the patellar ligament. [2] It allows for movement of the patellar ligament over the tibia. [4] the subcutaneous (or superficial) infrapatellar bursa between the patellar ligament and skin. [2] the pretibial bursa between the tibial tuberosity and the skin. [2]

  9. Insect morphology - Wikipedia

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    Its proximal end forms a more or less distinct head bent toward the femur, a device allowing the tibia to be flexed close against the undersurface of the femur. [ 38 ] : 165 The terms profemur, mesofemur, and metafemur refer to the femora of the front, middle and hind legs of an insect, respectively. [ 40 ]