Landmark · Skeletal system
Posterior intercondylar area
Area intercondylaris posterior
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Tibia
DescriptionUnreviewed
Posteriorly, the condyles are separated from each other by a shallow depression, the posterior intercondyloid fossa, which gives attachment to part of the posterior cruciate ligament of the knee-joint.
The medial condyle presents posteriorly a deep transverse groove, for the insertion of the tendon of the semimembranosus.
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Names
- Latin
- Area intercondylaris posterior
- English
- Posterior intercondylar area
- French
- Aire intecondylaire postérieure
- Spanish
- Área intercondilar posterior
- Portuguese
- Área intercondilar posterior