Joints & ligaments
Medial meniscus
Meniscus medialis
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Knee joint
DescriptionUnreviewed
The medial meniscus is a fibrocartilage semicircular band that spans the knee joint medially, located between the medial condyle of the femur and the medial condyle of the tibia.
It is also referred to as the internal semilunar fibrocartilage.
The medial meniscus has more of a crescent shape while the lateral meniscus is more circular.
The anterior aspects of both menisci are connected by the transverse ligament.
It is a common site of injury, especially if the knee is twisted.
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Names
- Latin
- Meniscus medialis
- English
- Medial meniscus
- French
- Ménisque médial
- Spanish
- Menisco medial
- Portuguese
- Menisco medial
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
- Deep part of tibial collateral ligament
- Fibular collateral ligament
- Infrapatellar fat pad
- Lateral 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