Arcuate popliteal ligament

Arcuate popliteal ligament
Details
FromHead of the fibula
Identifiers
Latinligamentum popliteum arcuatum
TA98A03.6.08.014
TA21900
FMA44596
Anatomical terminology

The arcuate popliteal ligament is an Y-shaped extracapsular ligament of the knee. It is formed as a thickening of the posterior fibres of the joint capsule of the knee. It reinforces the knee joint capsule inferolaterally.

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