The architecture of internal blood vessels in human fetal vertebral bodies

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-267

  Skawina, A ^a   Litwin, J A ^a   Gorczyca, J ^a   Miodonski A J ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corrosion casting; Notochord; Spine; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOLE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METAPHYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PERICHONDRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINE; STAINING; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN; VERTEBRA BODY;

CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NOTOCHORD; OSTEOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SPINE;

EID: 0030767458     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878297002367     Document Type: Article

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