5. ZONES OF C
PERIPHERAL BORDER IS THICK AND ATTACHED TO
CAPSULE
INNER BORDER THIN AND CONCAVE AND FORMS
A FREE EDGE
6. IMAGINE THE MENISCI AS RUBBER
WASHERS SITTING BETWEEN
KNUCKLES OF TOP HALF OF KNEE
JOINT AND LOWER HALF
IF TIBIAL PLATEAU IS A FLAT PLATE
THEN PLACING THE CONDYLES OF
FEMUR(BALLS) ON IT IS NOT AS
CONVENIENT AS IN A DEEP PLATE
THE MENISCI DEEPEN THE CAVITY
FOR CONDYLES TO SIT IN THUS
ADDING STABILITY
WHEN BALL MOVES OVER A
WIDER AREA IN A DEEP
PLATE,THEY DISTRIBUTE THE
WEIGHT
SERVE AS CUSHIONS FOR
LUBRICATION TOO
8. SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE
LINES CAPSUE
ATTACHES TO THE MARGINS OF ARTICULAR SURFACE
SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE IS REFLECTED FORWARD FROM
THE POSTERIOR PART OF CAPSULE AROUND FRONT
OF CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS.THUS CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS
ARE NOT BATHED IN SYNOVIAL FLUID.