Cartilages (or 'knee cartilages' or 'meniscus cartilages' or 'semi-lunar cartilages') are old-fashioned words for the menisci of the knee.
The knee meniscus or 'meniscus cartilage'. It is best to use the term 'meniscus' as the term cartilage is usually reserved hyaline cartilage.
Semi-lunar 'cartilages'
The reference to 'cartilages' arose from the historical name for the menisci, that is 'semi-lunar cartilages', because of their half-moon shape. The correct name of a semi-lunar cartilage is 'meniscus'.
Synonyms:
menisci
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