A morphological study of the fibrous capsule of the human lumbar facet joint

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 538-543

  Yamashita, Toshihiko ^a   Minaki, Yasuhiko ^a   Özaktay, A Cüneyt ^b   Cavanaugh, John M ^b   King, Albert I ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

collagenous fiber; elastic fiber; facet joint; fibrous capsule; lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC TISSUE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029981638     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199603010-00002     Document Type: Article

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