Joints & ligaments
Deep part of tibial collateral ligament
Pars profunda ligamenti collateralis tibialis
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Knee joint
DescriptionUnreviewed
The tibial collateral ligament (TCL), or Medial collateral ligament (MCL) is one of the four major ligaments of the knee.
It is on the medial (inner) side of the knee joint in humans and other primates.
Its primary function is to resist outward turning forces on the knee.
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Names
- Latin
- Pars profunda ligamenti collateralis tibialis
- English
- Deep part of tibial collateral ligament
- French
- Partie profonde du ligament collatéral tibial
- Spanish
- Parte profunda del ligamento colateral tibial
- Portuguese
- Parte profunda do ligamento colateral tibial
In the same group
- Anterior cruciate ligament
- Anterior meniscotibial ligament (Lateral meniscus)
- Anterior meniscotibial ligament (Medial meniscus)
- Arcuate popliteal ligament
- Articular capsule of knee joint
- Fibular collateral ligament
- Infrapatellar fat pad
- Lateral meniscus
- Medial meniscus
- Meniscopatellar ligament
- Oblique popliteal ligament
- Popliteofibular ligament
- Posterior cruciate ligament
- Posterior meniscotibial ligament (Lateral meniscus)
- Posterior meniscotibial ligament (Medial meniscus)
- Superficial part of tibial collateral ligament
- Transverse ligament of knee