study of the ligaments and muscles associated with the menisci of the human knee joint with special reference to function: a possible complementary effect of popliteus and semimembranosus

ABSTRACT

The ligaments and muscles attached to the medial and lateral menisci were dissected in fifty knees from adult and infant cadavers. Observations were made on the incidence of the ligaments. Their possible functions are considered and it is suggested that popliteus and semimembranosus may have a complementary effect on the lateral meniscus