Due to its relatively flat surface (as well as the flat surface of the medial tibial condyle) which doesn’t provide a lot of bony stability, it therefore relies on the strong ligamentous structures to provide stability to the kneeĬommon diseases include fractures to the condyle and arthritis. Your tibial plateau is the flat surface at the top of your tibia (shin bone), where it meets the bottom of your femur in the knee joint. The function of the condyle is to provide a stable, wide platform which can distribute the high forces transmitted through the knee through the femoral condyle. It articulates with the lateral condyle in a simple hinge type joint. On its outer edges, the lateral collateral ligament attaches, as well as attachments for the lateral meniscus which serves as a cushion between the tibial and femoral condyles. Its unique structural features include a more convex surface then the concave medial tibial condyle (plateau).

this can be remembered by the mnemonic 'LAME' L ateral A spect of the M edial E picondyle. The lateral tibial condyle is the lateral weightbearing surface of the tibia that articulates with the corresponding lateral condyle of the femur. The condition occurs bilaterally in 25 of cases, and has a characteristic distribution 2,4,6: medial condyle: 78.5 (range 70-85) 'classic' lateral surface of the medial condyle: 70.

Medial tibial condyle