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Schematic diagram of the cartilage explants obtained from juvenile bovine femoral condyles and the subdivisions used for mechanical, biochemical, and histological assays. Wavy, banded lines represent collagen fibers. This schematic illustrates the wide range of assays used to comprehensively examine the effects of storage. Histo, histology; IHC, immunohistochemistry; Pyr, pyridinoline crosslinks analysis. Color images are available online.
