Morphology of the medial meniscus of the knee in human fetuses

Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-351

  Murlimanju, B V ^a   Nair, Narga ^a   Pai, Mangala M ^a   Krishnamurthy, A ^a   Philip, Chandra X ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Fetus; Knee; Medial menisci; Shape; Side

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

CADAVER; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL;

DISCOIDAE;

EID: 77953048586     PISSN: 12200522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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