title: The synovial lining of the rabbit knee: a scanning electron microscopy study of specimens reinforced structurally with tannic acid.
abstract: Medial and lateral synovial linings of the rabbit knee, structurally reinforced with tannic acid during fixation, were studied in the scanning electron microscope. Low-resolution micrographs revealed, in both linings, gross architecture of four types: accordion-like, lobe-like, fatty areolar, and flattened areas. In high resolution, both cellular and acellular surfaces were recorded. A novel, 'bubble-like' appearance, of unknown nature and origin, accounted for 70% of both linings. No definite correlation between anatomical location, gross type, or microarchitectural pattern was noted.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Electron Microscopy, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levanon
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005404:Fixatives; D047348:Hydrolyzable Tannins; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods; D011817:Rabbits; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D005404:Fixatives; D047348:Hydrolyzable Tannins