The Journal of experimental zoology . NO. 1 PLATE 2 EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 5 and 6 Longitudinal sections of a limb from which both tibia and fibulawere completely removed. Time after operation, 60 days. , tarsal cartilageshowing normal marrow cavity and partly calcified lining; , new skeletalelement of the leg, in figure 5, partly ossified; , epiphysis of the femur;, new joint cavity; , marrow cavity audi?./., bone of the femur. Magni-fied about 30 diameters. 7 Longitudinal section of another specimen after same operation as one year. Tarsal cartilages blended


The Journal of experimental zoology . NO. 1 PLATE 2 EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 5 and 6 Longitudinal sections of a limb from which both tibia and fibulawere completely removed. Time after operation, 60 days. , tarsal cartilageshowing normal marrow cavity and partly calcified lining; , new skeletalelement of the leg, in figure 5, partly ossified; , epiphysis of the femur;, new joint cavity; , marrow cavity audi?./., bone of the femur. Magni-fied about 30 diameters. 7 Longitudinal section of another specimen after same operation as one year. Tarsal cartilages blended proximally, ; new skeletal Other abbreviations as in figures 5 and 6. INIagnified about 30 diameters. 8 Longitudinal section of a limb from which the foot and the fibula werecompletely removed. Time after operation, one year. , new tarsal car-tilages; , new fibula (incomplete); Tib., tibia; , femoral about 30 diameters. 130 REGENERATION AFTER EXARTICULATIOX C. V. MORRILL PLATE 2. H. Murayama del. 131 PLATE 3 EXPLANATION OF FIGURES Figures 9 and 10 are from specimens in which complete amputation of thelimb was made at the knee-joint (exarticulation). 9 From a longitudinal section of a limb 41 days after operation. ,new femoral epiphysis; , new fibula, proximal end; , new joint-cavityforming. Magnified about 100 diameters. 10 From a longitudinal section of a limb 48 days after operation. ,new cartilage; , new bone spreading through the cartilage; , new car-tilage cells transforming into bone-cells; , old bone of the shaft (femur);, portions of the marrow-cavity. Magnified about 420 diameters. 132 REGENERATION AFTER EX ARTICULATION C. V. MORRILL PLATE 3 ^ >. ^ .•..>>• 1. J-^•», » v.* . 9 * * C. n


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