Cruciate ligament - Citizendia

Cruciate ligaments (from the Latin for "cross") are found in several parts of the body. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. These include:

Etymology

In Classical Latin the verb cruciare means "to torture". The anterior cruciate ligament (or ACL) is one of the four major Ligaments of the Knee. The knee is the lower extremity Joint connecting the Femur, Patella, and the Tibia. The posterior cruciate ligament (or PCL is one of the four major Ligaments of the Knee. The cruciform ligament of atlas (or cruciate ligament) is a Ligament in the Neck forming part of the Atlanto-axial joint. Classical Latin is the form of the Latin language used by the ancient Romans in what is usually regarded as "classical" Latin literature. Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally But by the time in the Late Latin period when Latin medical terminology was being established, this old meaning of cruciare seems to have fallen out of use in common speech, and the word was re-invented with the meaning "arrange in cross shape", as in each knee the two cruciate ligaments are arranged like a letter X. Vulgar Latin (in Latin sermo vulgaris, "folk speech" is a Blanket term covering the popular Dialects and Sociolects of the Latin Medical terminology is a vocabulary for accurately describing the Human body and associated components conditions processes and process in a science-based manner

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