Elastic fibre organization in the intervertebral discs of the bovine tail

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 465-475

  Yu, Jing ^a   Peter, C ^b   Roberts, Sally ^c   Urban, Jill P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Collagen network; Elastin; Extracellular matrix; Nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT FUNCTION; LAMELLAR BODY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAIL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; COLORING AGENTS; ELASTIC TISSUE; GROWTH PLATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; OXAZINES; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 18744399818     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2002.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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