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articular disc, (fibroplate, interarticular fibrocartilage)
Formation of fibrocartilagenous disc, when the articulating surfaces of the bones are incongruous. Articular discs divide the synovial cavity in two; e.g., knee, sternoclavicular, and the distal radioulnar & temporomandibular joints.
Specific
articular disc of acromioclavicular joint (acromioclavicular disc, Weitbrecht cartilage)
articular disc of distal radioulnar joint (radioulnar articular disc, triangular disc of wrist, triquetrous cartilage)
articular disc of sternoclavicular joint (sternoclavicular disc)
articular disc of temporomandibular joint, (mandibular/temporomandibular articular disc)
General
cartilage
References
- Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore &
AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia,
PA 1999
- Human Anatomy and Physiology, Alexander P Spence &
Elliot B. Mason, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing
Company, Inc, 1979.
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.