Figure 6
Quantitative morphological measurement of the chondrocyte cell lacuna at the fibrocartilage layer in the PPTI. (a) Cell lacuna at the tidemark surface. (b) Derived 3D morphology of the chondrocyte cell lacuna. (c) Colored maps of the chondrocyte cell lacuna in terms of connectivity of the beads. (d) High-magnification 3D images of selective cell lacuna derived at a different area from (c); single, double and triple chondrocyte cell lacunae are presented in blue, purple and pale green, respectively. (e) Quantitative data of the cell lacuna at the fibrocartilage layer. Scale bar = 100 µm (a, b and c); 10 µm (d). |