One of a pair of crescent shaped cartilages in the knee joint situated between the femur and tibia.
Two crescentic layers of fibro-cartilage on the outer and inner edges of the knee-joint, which form hollows on the upper surface of the tibia in which the condyles at the lower end of the femur rest. The inner cartilage is especially liable to be displaced by a sudden and violent movement at the knee.
One of two crescentic cartilages (medial and lateral) of the knee joint between the femur and tibia.