anterior

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Leger-Walker played her first four seasons at Washington State but tore her anterior cruciate ligament midway through her senior year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Vonn, 41, insisted that the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament she suffered in a crash in a World Cup race before the Milan-Cortina Games "had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever".

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

American skier Lindsey Vonn crashes in the women's downhill competition at the Winter Olympics, nine days after rupturing her left anterior cruciate ligament.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

That’s why Vonn was even racing on Jan. 30 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, when she careened off course and ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

The paralysis was accompanied by destruction of the nerve sheaths and by degeneration of the cells of the anterior horns of the spinal cord.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson