They are posterior to the medial femoral condyle. Consists of a split fracture of the medial and lateral tibial plateau. The Posterior Surface is the area between the medial and lateral borders. Here the medial and lateral intercondylar tubercle forms the intercondylar eminence. Dorsal rami divide into medial, intermediate, and lateral branches. These compartments are named the anterior, medial and posterior fascial compartments. The metathalamus is made up of the lateral geniculate and medial geniculate nuclei. Canthoplasty refers to a plastic surgery of the medial and/or lateral canthus. These are known as the medial and lateral malleolus. It is located on the anterior paracentral lobule on the medial surface. The pallium is usually divided into three zones&colon; medial, lateral and dorsal. It lies between the lateral and medial heads. Note that medial and lateral are relative terms. Behind the posterior groove is a rough area for the attachment of the medial scalene. Here it bifurcates into a medial and lateral branch.