Variant attachments of the anterior horn of the medial meniscus.
The purpose of this study was to analyse the occurrence of variants of anomalous insertions of the anterior horn of the medial meniscus in human knee joints. The study was carried out on 78 human lower limbs of both sexes (42 males and 36 females). Out of 78 knee joints, 10 knee joints (12.82%) presented atypical attachments of the anterior horn of the medial meniscus. In 9 cases we found that the anterior horn of the medial meniscus was attached to the transverse ligament of the knee and in 1 case it was attached to the coronary ligament. In the remaining cases the anterior horn of the medial meniscus was attached to the anterior intercondylar area of the tibia.
D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000502:physiology; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000502:physiology; D017847:Patellar Ligament / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000502:physiology; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000502:physiology