Chronic stress can occur in response to everday stressors that are ignored or poorly managed, as well as to exposure to traumatic events.
medial. [mÄâ²dÄÂ·Él]. Etymology: L, medius, middle. 1 pertaining to, situated in, or oriented toward the midline of the body. 2 pertaining to the tunica media, the middle layer of a blood vessel wall. Also mesial. adjective Toward the centre, middle, median, as of the body.
medial ligament a large fan-shaped ligament on the medial side of the ankle. meniscofemoral l's two small fibrous bands of the knee joint attached to the lateral meniscus, one (the anterior) extending to the anterior cruciate ligament and the other (the posterior) to the medial femoral condyle.