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Fine vascular anatomy of adult rabbit knee ligaments
R C Bray1, A W Fisher, C B Frank
1Joint Injury and Diseases Research Group, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada.
Journal of Anatomy
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
The microvascular anatomy of discrete knee ligaments in adult rabbits is described. Epiligamentous plexuses give rise to a limited number of vessels which penetrate deeply into ligament substance. Intraligamentous vessels are usually longitudinally orientated, widely separated linear anastomoses but occasionally complex glomus-like configurations are present. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to other articular connective tissues and to the possible roles of the intraligamentous microvasculature.