The blood supply of the growth plate and the epiphysis: A comparative scanning electron microscopy and histological experimental study in growing sheep

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 312-319

  Wirth, T ^a   Syed Ali, M M ^a   Rauer, C ^b   Suss D ^b   Griss, P ^a   Syed Ali, S ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corrosion casts; Growth plate; Transphyseal vessels; Vascular anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SHEEP;

EID: 0036549099     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-001-2006-x     Document Type: Article

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