Tuesday, November 19, 2013

New human body part discovered

Most people think that anatomy is a dead, dried-up, unchanging subject. Not true.Two surgeons in Europe have just discovered a new ligament in the human knee.
An anatomist, over 100 years ago, hypothesized that this ligament existed, but it was only discovered recently during some gross dissections of the knee.
The surgeons were trying to understand more about repairing the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), and found this new structure. They’ve named it the Anterolateral Ligament (ALL).
Human knee, via NIH.
Human knee

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