The ultrastructure of articular cartilage of the chicken's knee joint.

Int Orthop

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Experimental Orthopaedics, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Published: July 1993

The articular cartilage and synovial membrane of immature and mature chicken knee joints were studied by light, scanning and transmission microscopy. The findings differed from human articular cartilage and we conclude that the chicken knee joint is not suitable as a model for human joint degeneration.

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