Postnatal maturation of tendon, cruciate ligament, meniscus and articular cartilage: A histological study in sheep

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 575-585

  Meller, Rupert ^a   Schiborra, Frederike ^a   Brandes, Gudrun ^a   Knobloch, Karsten ^a   Tschernig, Thomas ^a   Hankemeier, Stefan ^a   Haasper, Carl ^a   Schmiedl, Andreas ^a   Jagodzinski, Michael ^a   Krettek, Christian ^a   Willbold, Elmar ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Articular cartilage; Histomorphometry; Meniscus; Orthopaedic research; Skeletally immature; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; HISTOLOGY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; SHEEP; STAINING; TENDON;

ACTINS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BLOOD VESSELS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMORAL ARTERY; GERMANY; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; SHEEP; SPECTRIN; TENDONS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70350342606     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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