Capillary lengths and areas, and intercapillary distances in tissue near the human knee.
Quantiative stereological electron microscopy has been used to investigate the capillary lengths, surface areas and intercapillary distances in the tissues around the human knee, the synovial membrane, synovial capsule, fat and tendon. The vascularity of these regions was much less than in other areas of the body, especially muscle.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000098:blood supply / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002196:Capillaries; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000098:blood supply*; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000098:blood supply / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013710:Tendons / Q000098:blood supply / Q000648:ultrastructure