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Figure 4

From: Histological and ultrastructural evaluation of the early healing of the lateral collateral ligament epiligament tissue in a rat knee model

Figure 4

Epiligament scar at the sixteenth day after injury. a) epiligament (EL), consisting fibroblasts (colored in blue), collagen fibers (colored in red), mast cell (arrow head), adiposities (A) and vessels (v) (light microscopy). Bar 20 μm; b: electron micrograph of fibroblast (Fb) with large nucleus (N), nucleolus (n), lysosomes (arrow heads) and rough endoplasmic reticulum (double arrows); and collagen fibers (col) in the intercellular matrix on the sixteenth day after injury × 9000.

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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