semilunar cartilage

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semilunar cartilage

n.
Either of the crescent-shaped menisci found between the tibia and the femur in the knee joint.
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Noun1.semilunar cartilage - (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a jointsemilunar cartilage - (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
meniscus
cartilage, gristle - tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
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An operation for displaced semilunar cartilage. 1885.
Meniscal repair and reconstruction
Intramatrical lipidic debris and calcified bodies in human semilunar cartilage. J Anat 1981; 132: 481-90.
The ultrastructural analyses of meniscus histology in osteoarthritic knees / Osteoartritli diz ekleminde meniskus histolojisinin ince yapi duzeyinde degerlendirilmesi
DISCUSSION: It is observed that, the data on the dimensions of semilunar cartilages varied.
Magnetic resonance imaging study of normal menisci
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