The knee joint

Histomorphogenesis of the Chukar Partridge (Alectoris Chukar) Knee Joint

Introduction: There are differences in the pattern of the knee joint formation of the studied species. According to the small number of studies which focused chronologically on the avian knee histomorphogenetic events, its “morphogenetic pattern” is hard to be proposed. The present work was designed to identify the sequential events of the knee formation in the partridge embryo. Regarding to di...

Injuries of the Knee Joint

Synovioma Involving the Knee-joint *

According to Lazarus and Marks there has been a total of 76 recorded cases of synovial sarcoma or synovioma. Of these cases 48.7 per cent occurred in the knee-joint. In the series of 16 cases reported by DeSanto et al., about 50 per cent were in the knee-joint; and the three cases which they classify as of the diffuse type were all in the knee-joint. The remainder of their series of 16 cases of...

Injuries of the Knee Joint

Histopathological changes of the antigen-induced chronic arthritis in the knee joint of the rabbit

Background and Objectives: The cause and pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis has not been fully understood and an experimental model of this disease is essential for research on the problem. In this research study, establishment and histopathological changes of chronic arthritis due to intra-articula...