The lamina splendens of articular cartilage is an artefact of phase contrast microscopy
- 30 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 206 (1162) , 109-113
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1979.0094
Abstract
The so-called lamina splendens of human articular cartilage is a characteristic of phase contrast microscopy; this technique provides no evidence for an anatomically distinct surface layer. Fresnel diffraction occurs at edges separating regions of different refractive indices. These diffraction effects, when viewed under phase contrast, lead to the appearance of a bright line along the edge.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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