Anterior intercondylar area

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Bone: Anterior intercondyloid fossa
Upper surface of right tibia. (Posterior intercondyloid fossa visible at bottom.)
Latin	area intercondylaris anterior tibiae
Gray's	subject #61 256
Dorlands / Elsevier	a_59/12151213

The anterior intercondyloid fossa (or intercondylar area) is the location where the anterior cruciate ligament attaches to the tibia.

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