Tags: Anatomical Structure.
In anatomy a meniscus (from Greek μηνίσκος 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 acromioclavicular sternoclavicular and temporomandibular joints as well as the radio-carpal joint; in other organisms they may be present in other joints (e.g.
