anterior

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And it happened to her a week earlier, too, when she sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament in a crash at Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The question of whether she should have been racing at all with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament will be debated for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 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

Veteran skier Lindsey Vonn has disputed a doctor's claim that her anterior cruciate ligament injury is not a "fresh tear", saying her ACL is "100% gone".

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

The network included parts of the brain like the anterior cingulate cortex, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and, crucially, the prefrontal cortex.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel