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Meniscus (anatomy)
In
anatomy
, a
meniscus
(from
Greek
meniskos
, "crescent") is a crescent-shaped
fibrocartilaginous
structure that, in contrast to
articular disks
, only partly divides a
joint
cavity. In
humans
they are present in the
knee
,
wrist
,
acromioclavicular
,
sternoclavicular
, and
temporomandibular joints
; in other animals they may be present in other joints.
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