Examples of meniscus in the following topics:
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- When there is torn cartilage, it means that the meniscus has been injured.
- Meniscus tears occur during sports often when the knee is twisted.
- Small meniscus tears are treated conservatively, but most large tears require surgery.
- Photograph showing post-surgical swelling of left knee and leg due to ACL reconstruction, partial meniscectomy and meniscus repair.
- Segond fracture) of 16 year old who tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial meniscus during an athletic event.
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- When the lower end of a vertical glass tube is placed in a liquid, a concave meniscus forms.
- The meniscus is the curve caused by surface tension in the upper surface of a liquid.
- A convex meniscus occurs when the molecules have a stronger attraction to each other (cohesion) than to the material of the container (adhesion), causing the surface of the liquid to cave downward.
- Conversely, a concave meniscus occurs when the molecules of the liquid are attracted to those of the container, causing the surface of the liquid to cave upwards.
- The meniscus curve on a column of fluid in a capillary tube
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- With some pairs of materials, such as mercury and glass (see ), the intermolecular forces within the liquid exceed those between the solid and the liquid, so a convex meniscus forms, and capillary action works in reverse.
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- It is found in the intervertebral discs of the bony vertebrae and knee meniscus.
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- The joint may be divided, completely or incompletely, by an articular disk or meniscus, the periphery of which is continuous with the fibrous capsule while its free surfaces are covered by synovial membrane.