New ligament discovered in the human knee "Two knee surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have discovered a previously unknown ligament in the human knee. This ligament appears to play an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears."
I don't understand how this wasn't noticed before, given all the knee surgeries and med students with cadavers.
Update: This makes more sense, No, science has not discovered a new body part. "What this new paper provides is a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the anterolateral ligament's relationship with other, nearby anatomical structures. In other words: How does this ligament, WHICH WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, function in concert with other components of the knee and leg?"
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