Fine structure of the human coccygeal body: A light and electron microscopic study

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-14

  Sargon, Mustafa F ^a   Çelik, H Hamdi ^a   Demiryürek, Deniz ^a   Daǧdeviren, Atilla ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coccygeal body; Electron microscopy; Glomus coccygeum; Light microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCYGEAL BONE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 6844252929     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(98)80119-2     Document Type: Article

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