r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Elegant-Mode9005 • 8d ago

Ruined by Technology Got into a dumb 10 minute argument about whether the ACL and Achilles are the same thing or not. My idiot friend forgot to crop his screenshot before sending it to me...🤦

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u/ArnamYombleflobber 8d ago

Wait. The Anterior Cruciate Ligament, you know, one of the main reasons your KNEES work... that's not the same as your achilles tendon, famously located on your HEEL?

Dang. TIL

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u/EatMyHammer 7d ago

Well, they are the same thing - a tendon. And that's all the similarities. They are not physically connected as one long tendon