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meniscus

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Crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous structure present in the knee, acromioclavicular, sternoclavicular, and temporomandibular joints[2] that, in contrast to articular disks, only partly divides a joint cavity.[3] A small meniscus also occurs in the radio-carpal joint. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meniscus_(anatomy) ]

Synonyms: articular disc

Term info

database cross reference
  • NCIT:C33096
  • MESH:D000072600
  • EV:0100145
  • BTO:0001592
  • galen:Meniscus
  • FMA:76690
  • Wikipedia:Meniscus_(anatomy)
  • UMLS:C0224498 (ncithesaurus:Meniscus)
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

id

UBERON:0000387

prefLabel

Articular disc

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606