Poster 116: Comparative Anatomy of the Knee and the Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Objective: To compare the basic anatomy of modern human knee to ancestral human knees, and to those of other animals (mostly primates), and to provide novel insights into the natural history of human knee structure and function. Design: Animal anatomy was studied on freshly frozen specimens. The ACL anatomy was studied by magnetic resonsance imaging, followed by dissection. Bones from different species were studied by using 3D computed...