title: New aspects of the structure of articular cartilage. The "tidemark" seen on the scanning electron microscope.
abstract: New observations are reported based on scanning electron microscopy, of the interface ("tidemark zone") between articular cartilage and the underlying calcified strata; also on the structure of adult articular cartilage.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged