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MeSH Heading: Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee
Tree Number(s): A02.513.514.162.600; A02.835.583.512.162.600; A10.165.669.514.162.600
Unique ID: D017888
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017888
Annotation: an artic ligament between tibia & femur: do not confuse with PATELLAR LIGAMENT, between patella & tibia
Scope Note: The ligament that travels from the medial epicondyle of the FEMUR to the medial margin and medial surface of the TIBIA. The medial meniscus is attached to its deep surface.
Entry Term(s): Collateral Ligament, Medial, Knee; Knee Medial Collateral Ligament; Ligamentum Collaterale Tibiale; Medial Ligament of Knee; Tibial Collateral Ligament
Previous Indexing: Ligaments (1966-1993); Ligaments, Articular (1968-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/02/16
Revision Date: 2017/06/20

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0027031
Scope Note: The ligament that travels from the medial epicondyle of the FEMUR to the medial margin and medial surface of the TIBIA. The medial meniscus is attached to its deep surface.
Terms: Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee Preferred Term
Term UI T053474
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Knee Medial Collateral Ligament
Term UI T053473
Date12/07/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Tibial Collateral Ligament
Term UI T053475
Date10/26/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Collateral Ligament, Medial, Knee
Term UI T053472
Date11/23/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Ligamentum Collaterale Tibiale
Term UI T053476
Date10/26/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Medial Ligament of Knee
Term UI T053477
Date10/26/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee MeSH Descriptor Data 2023