{{Short description|Region of the tibia bone}} {{Infobox Bone | Name = Intercondylar area | Latin = area intercondylaris | Image = Gray257.png | Caption = Upper surface of right tibia. (Posterior intercondyloid fossa visible at bottom.) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | Origins = | Insertions = | Articulations = }}
The '''intercondylar area''' is the separation between the medial and lateral condyle on the upper extremity of the tibia. The anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments and the menisci attach to the intercondylar area.<ref name=GrayStudent>{{cite book |last1=Drake |first1=Richard L. |last2=Vogl |first2=A. Wayne |last3=Mitchell|first3=Adam W. M.| year=2010 |title=Gray´s Anatomy for Students |edition=2nd | isbn =978-0-443-06952-9|pages=558–560 }}</ref>
The intercondyloid eminence is composed of the medial and lateral intercondylar tubercles, and divides the intercondylar area into an anterior and a posterior area.<ref name=GrayStudent/>
==Structure==
===Anterior area=== The '''anterior intercondylar area''' (or '''anterior intercondyloid fossa''') is an area on the tibia, a bone in the lower leg. Together with the posterior intercondylar area it makes up the intercondylar area.<ref name=GrayStudent/>
The intercondylar area is the separation between the medial and lateral condyle located toward the proximal portion of the tibia. The intercondylar eminence composed of the medial and lateral intercondylar tubercle divides the intercondylar area into anterior and posterior part.<ref name=GrayStudent/>
The anterior intercondylar area is the location where the anterior cruciate ligament attaches to the tibia.
===Intercondyloid eminence=== The '''intercondyloid eminence''', '''intercondylar eminence''' or '''tibial spine''' is a structure of the tibia. It lies between the articular facets of the proximal tibia, but nearer the posterior than the anterior aspect of the bone, surmounted on either side by a prominent tubercle, on to the sides of which the articular facets are prolonged. In front of and behind the intercondyloid eminence are rough depressions (fossae) for the attachment of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments and the menisci.
Two tubercles emerge from the eminence: * The '''medial intercondylar tubercle''' is a protrusion on the medial condyle. * The '''lateral intercondylar tubercle''' is a protrusion on the lateral condyle.
It can be involved in fractures.<ref name="pmid17310373">{{cite journal |vauthors=Park HJ, Urabe K, Naruse K, Aikawa J, Fujita M, Itoman M |title=Arthroscopic evaluation after surgical repair of intercondylar eminence fractures |journal=Arch Orthop Trauma Surg |volume=127 |issue=9 |pages=753–7 |date=November 2007 |pmid=17310373 |doi=10.1007/s00402-006-0282-7|s2cid=24350873 }}</ref><ref name="urlIntercondylar Eminence Fracture - Wheeless Textbook of Orthopaedics">{{cite web |url=http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/intercondylar_eminence_fracture |title=Intercondylar Eminence Fracture - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics |access-date=2008-12-04}}</ref>
===Posterior area=== Posteriorly, the medial condyle and lateral condyle are separated from each other by a shallow depression, the '''posterior intercondyloid fossa''' (or '''intercondylar area'''), which gives attachment to part of the posterior cruciate ligament of the knee.
==References== {{Gray's}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Bones of the lower limb Category:Tibia