Fine structure of cartilage canal and vascular buds in the rabbit vertebral endplate: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-103

  Kobayashi, Shigeru ^a   Baba, Hisatoshi ^a   Takeno, Kenichi ^a   Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Uchida, Kenzo ^a   Kokubo, Yasuo ^a   Nomura, Eiki ^b   Morita, Chisato ^c   Yoshizawa, Hidezo ^d   Meir, Adam ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b Saitama Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c Morita Orthopaedic Hospital   (Japan)

^d Tachikawa Kyousai Hospital   (Japan)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood supply; Cartilage canal; Fenestrated capillary; Intervertebral disc; Vascular bud

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CAPILLARY; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARIES; CARTILAGE; GROWTH PLATE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OSTEOGENESIS; RABBITS;

EID: 46749090404     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/9/7/096     Document Type: Article

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