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Anterior cruciate ligament, a Rare card
The anterior cruciate ligament is one of the cruciate ligaments in the human knee.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 129 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Anterior cruciate ligament quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Anterior cruciate ligament card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The two ligaments are called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a ______ formation.
Answer
crossed. The two ligaments are called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation. From the Anterior cruciate ligament article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Fahrenheit. Fahrenheit 510,000 · Anterior cruciate ligament 220,000 · Astrophysics 160,000 · Presidency of Mohammad Khatami 1,800 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The two ligaments are called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation.
- In the quadruped stifle joint, based on its anatomical position, it is also referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.
- The term cruciate is Latin for cross.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Anterior cruciate ligament article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Anterior cruciate ligament (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mysid, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

