Name
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.