Table 2.

Dimensions, in millimeters, of the lateral meniscus in the human, sheep and pig

	Lateral meniscus
	Mean ± Standard Error of the Mean (SEM)
	Human (n = 6)	Sheep (n = 6)	Pig (n = 22)
Circumference
Body	84 (±1.73)	50.5 (±0.96)**	66.77 (±0.80) **
Body with horns	103.5 (±1.6)	73.83 (±2.27)**	94.54 (±2.17)
Width
Anterior	11.5 (±0.43)	11.67 (±0.33)	15.95 (±0.23)**
Middle	11.62 (±0.53)	9.83 (±0.31)	14.63 (±0.35)**
Posterior	11.67 (±0.33)	11.33 (±0.42)	16.63 (±0.30)**
Average	11.59 (±0.24)	10.94 (±0.27)	15.74 (±0.2)**
Peripheral height
Anterior	6.41 (±0.89)	7.08 (±0.49)	11.23 (±0.28)**
Middle	6.33 (±0.49)	4.83 (±0.31)	8.04 (±0.30)*
Posterior	6.17 (±0.75)	8.5 (±0.22)	13.13 (±0.29)**
Average	6.3 (±0.39)	6.8 (±0.41)	10.80 (±0.31)**
Articulating height
Point - a	4.0 (±0.45)	3.25 (±0.17)	5.72 (±0.16)*
Point - b	2.5 (±0.22)	1.67 (±0.21)	3.5 (±0.17)*
Point - c	1.13 (±0.13)	0.93 (±0.03)	1.82 (±0.12)*
Point - d	0.67 (±0.03)	0.55 (±0.05)	0.93 (±0.02)**
Superior articular length
Anterior	13.5 (±0.43)	10.67 (±0.42)	16.54 (±0.37)**
Middle	12.5 (±0.72)	10.33 (±0.49)	16.91 (±0.39)**
Posterior	12.5 (±0.43)	13.0 (±0.36)	19.45 (±0.31)**
Average	12.83 (±0.32)	11.33 (±0.37)	17.63 (±0.26)**

Human dimensions are in bold. Statistically significant differences from the human lateral meniscus are marked with asterisks

(*) indicates significance levels with p-values < 0.05 and (**) indicates significance level with p-values < 0.001