A hamstring is any one of the three posterior thigh muscles in human anatomy between the hip and the knee: from medial to lateral, the semimembranosus, semitendinosus and biceps femoris.
Photo depicting a torn hamstring in the right thigh
Tear of the hamstrings muscles at the ischial tuberosity seen on MRI (visible on a coronal STIR MRI sequence). The arrowheads indicate the tuber[which?] and the retracted tendon stump.[which?] Significant bleeding around and into the muscles.
The posterior cruciate ligament is a ligament in each knee of humans and various other animals. It works as a counterpart to the anterior cruciate ligament. It connects the posterior intercondylar are
Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation demonstrating normal signal of both anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments (arrows).
Knee joint. Deep dissection. Anterior view