title: The ligaments and sesamoid bones of knee joint in New Zealand rabbits.
abstract: This study has been conducted on the knee joints of the New Zealand rabbits. A total of 20 knee joints from 10 (five female, five male) adult New Zealand rabbits were studied in the study. Fourteen ligaments and four sesamoid bones including the patellar bone, the infrapatellar adipose body, and the suprapatellar cartilage specifically present in rabbits were grossly observed. The caudal meniscotibial ligaments of the lateral meniscus were noted to be lacking in these rabbits. Moreover, the medial collateral ligament did not have a capsular character in nature. Thus, adipose tissue was determined at a point where the suprapatellar cartilage and patella fused.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi, Anatomi Dali, Ankara 06100, Turkey. oorhan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: I O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Orhan
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Haziroglu
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gultiken
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011817:Rabbits / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values; D012716:Sesamoid Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013264:Stifle / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology