Name

# Tibial (medial) Collateral Ligament

Pronunciation

(tib-E-al ko-lat-er-al lig-a-ment)

Innervation

Moore, K.L., Clinically Orientated Anatomy 3rd Edition,

pp. 404, fig 5-27

pp. 479, fig 5-91

pp. 481, fig 5-93

pp. 484, fig 5-95

Notes

Also known as the medial ligament.

It is a strong, flat band, 8 to 9 cm long.

It is a thickening of the fibrous capsule of the knee joint & is partly continuous with the tendon of the adductor magnus muscle.

The inferior end of the ligament is separated from the tibia by the medial inferior genicular vessels & nerve.

The deep fibres of the tibial collateral ligament are firmly attached to the medial meniscus & the fibrous capsule of the knee joint.