Anterior intermeniscal ligament: An ultrastructural study

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 510-514

  Belgin Yildirim, Fatoş ^a   Soyuncu, Yetkin ^a   Oguz, Nurettin ^a   Turan Aydin, Ahmet ^a   Sindel, Muzaffer ^a   Ustunel, Ismail ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anterior intermeniscal ligament; Collagen fibrils; Electron microscopy; Knee; Mechanoreceptors; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT BIOPSY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE ENDING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYNOVIUM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 34547808069     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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