Morphological modifications of knee articular cartilage in bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) (Anura: Ranidae) during postmetamorphic maturation

Morphological modifications of knee articular cartilage in bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) (Anura: Ranidae) during postmetamorphic maturation

M. A. M. Esquisatto, A. A. Aro, A. Hebling, L. Gomes

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Agradecimentos: Fundacao Herminio Ometto

The organization of knee articular cartilage of the bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) differs in relation to morphofunctional adaptation in many aspects from similar structures in mammals. Thus, we investigated the structural organization and distribution of the extracellular matrix components in...

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Morphological modifications of knee articular cartilage in bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) (Anura: Ranidae) during postmetamorphic maturation

M. A. M. Esquisatto, A. A. Aro, A. Hebling, L. Gomes

										

Morphological modifications of knee articular cartilage in bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) (Anura: Ranidae) during postmetamorphic maturation

M. A. M. Esquisatto, A. A. Aro, A. Hebling, L. Gomes

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    Zoomorphology

    Vol. 133, no. 2 (June, 2014), p. 245-256