Arcuate popliteal ligament

Arcuate popliteal ligament
Arcuate popliteal ligament
Details
From	Head of the fibula
To	Articular capsule of the knee
Identifiers
Latin	Ligamentum popliteum arcuatum
TA98	A03.6.08.014
TA2	1900
FMA	44596
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The arcuate popliteal ligament is an Y-shaped extracapsular ligament of the knee.^[1] It is formed as a thickening of the posterior fibres of the joint capsule of the knee.^[2]

It has its origin at the posterior aspect of the head of the fibula. It has two insertions: the medial limb arches superficially over the tendon of the popliteus muscle to blend with the oblique popliteal ligament; the lateral limb passes to the lateral epicondyle of the femur (accompanied by the popliteus muscle tendon^[2]) to blend there with the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.).
^ ^a ^b Chummy S. Sinnatamby (2011). Last's anatomy: regional and applied (12th ed.). Edinburgh. p. 138. ISBN 0-7020-4839-9. OCLC 764565702.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

lljoints at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (postkneejointsuperfic)
Anatomy photo:17:02-0400 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Major Joints of the Lower Extremity: Knee Joint"

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[:0-1] Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.).

[:02-2] Chummy S. Sinnatamby (2011). Last's anatomy: regional and applied (12th ed.). Edinburgh. p. 138. ISBN 0-7020-4839-9. OCLC 764565702.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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