New ligament found in human knee

Neat that we are still discovering new things.

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/new-ligament-found-human-knee-8C11551563

Douglas Main
Nov. 7, 2013

Humans have been studying their own bodies for centuries, piecing together what all the parts are and how they work and interact, but apparently one tiny piece in the human knee has gone undiscovered until now.

Belgian researchers have for the first time described a new ligament in the human knee, termed the anterolateral ligament (ALL).

The researchers conducted in-depth examinations of 41 cadaver knees, and found the new ligament in all but one of them. A French surgeon first postulated its existence in 1879, but it hadn't been proven and fully described until now, said Dr. Steven Claes, an orthopedic surgeon and study co-author at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

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This isn't the first time a new human body part has been discovered recently. Scientists reported in June they had found a new eye layer, named Dua's layer after its discoverer, that sits at the back of the cornea, or the sensitive, transparent tissue at the very front of the human eye that helps to focus incoming light.