As impossible as it may seem, two surgeons at University Hospitals Leuven have discovered an entirely new part of the human body. It is a ligament in the knee and it appears to play a role in patients suffering from a tear in their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a common sports injury.

Named the anterolateral ligment, it was discovered using macroscopic dissection techniques after the doctors began investigating possible causes for complications after rehabilitation for ACL. They came across a paper written in 1879 that hypothesized the existence of a previously unknown ligament in the knee. The author of the paper turned out to be correct; Dr Claes and Dr Bellemans managed to locate the ligament and claim it can be found in 97% of all patients. Further research found that the pivot shift, a common complication after ACL rehabilitation, is caused by a tear in the ALL ligament.

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Missed a whole ligament. Attention to detail much?

Must be pretty small to escape detection thus far :)

Yes, it would be more exciting if they suddenly discovered humans have trunks, tusks or tails.

That’s a good read.

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That’s a good read.

Not only that, I’ve since discovered this body part since the rock that shifted from under my foot and threw me on my shoulder also caused a strange phenomona in my knee to occur.