PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bird, M D
AU  - Sweet, M B
TI  - A system of canals in semilunar menisci.
AID  - 10.1136/ard.46.9.670
DP  - 1987 Sep 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 670--673
VI  - 46
IP  - 9
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/46/9/670.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/46/9/670.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis1987 Sep 01; 46
AB  - Semilunar menisci of young calves, and infants and young children were examined with the scanning electron microscope and the light microscope. Canal-like structures were noted opening onto the surface of the menisci. After filling the joints with Indian ink, ink was noted within canal-like structures deep in the substance of the tissue. The canals may play a part in the transport of fluid within the meniscus, or may carry nutrients from the synovial fluid or the blood vessels to the avascular sections of the meniscus.