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Results of investigations on the occurrence of nerve fibres and endings in the synovial membrane of the knee and elbow joint in the cat are reported. The stratum synoviale contains only autonomic fibres, running in the adventitia of arteries.
Free nerve endings are lacking in the stratum synoviale. Simple Pacinian corpuscles with an inner core are occasionally observed in the border zone between the stratum synoviale and fibrosum. The ultrastructure of these endorgans resembles that of Pacinian corpuscles in the hairless and hairy skin of the cat.
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Halata, Z., Groth, H.P. Innervation of the synovial membrane of the cats joint capsule. Cell Tissue Res. 169, 415–418 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219612
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219612