The menisci are crescents roughly triangular in cross section, covering one half to two thirds of the articular surface of the corresponding tibial plateau. The outer rims of the menisci are convex ...

Your knee contains articular cartilage, which lines your bones and allows ... Your orthopedic surgeon will make tiny holes (microfractures) in the surface of your knee joint and the bone beneath your ...

Other injuries include meniscus tears, posterior cruciate ligament tears, articular cartilage damages and avulsion of ligaments and tendons. Treatment of knee injuries has to ... are intensity of ...

His surgically-repaired left knee had continued ... Dr. Ochiai said. Articular cartilage is a type of connective tissue that provides a smooth, low-friction surface. Dr. Ochiai compared it to ...

Cartilage of articular joints grows and matures to achieve ... both volumetrically distributed (interstitial) growth and surface (appositional) growth have been summarized previously (10).