Anatom3DMedial meniscus
Meniscus medialis · Vnitřní menisk
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A C-shaped pad of fibrocartilage on the inner half of the tibial top, fixed to the capsule and inner ligament.
What it does
Spreads load across the knee and protects the cartilage; because it is fixed it moves less.
Keeping it well
The most often torn meniscus. Degenerative tears are common after 40; exercise therapy often helps as much as keyhole surgery.
Related conditions
- ACL & meniscus injury
- Baker's (popliteal) cyst
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Gout
- Growing pains
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Varicose veins