ISSN:
0003-276X
Keywords:
Anatomy
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Extensor apparatus
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Dorsal aponeurosis
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Tendon sheath
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Life and Medical Sciences
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Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Background: The connective tissue body of the dorsal finger is partitioned by multiple horizontal lamellae derived from expansions of intercellular spaces. These connective fibres are involved in providing gliding spaces for the extensor apparatus, and they formed spreading rooms of infection processes.Methods: In order to describe the topographical histological and histochemical behavior of cellular and intercellular elements of the border lamellae of the dorsal aponeurosis of the fingers, a modified method of Epoxid resin embedding technique without pre-infiltration is used.Results: The bordering elements of the connective tissue lamellae described in this investigation are especially well defined in the region of the dorsal aponeurosis. The morphological examinations show that both the expansions of the intercellular space as well as defined fibrocytic cellular elements function in a manner equivalent to a synovial membrane of tendon sheaths.Conclusions: Saving or reconstructing these structures appears to be of importance in preventing for adhesive disorders of finger motion following surgical intervention in this region. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.1092430102
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