Lester K S, Ash M M, Lillie J H
J Prosthet Dent. 1981 Apr;45(4):422-9. doi: 10.1016/0022-3913(81)90105-0.
The mandibular condyles of four mammalian species (sheep, cat, monkey, and human) were rendered anorganic in NaOCl and examined by SEM. A mineralized cartilage front was identified in all specimens on the basis of a comparable morphology of chondrocyte lacunae and a calcospheritic pattern of mineralization. Species-specific differences in the cartilage surfaces were found to exist. The role of this cartilage in condylar remodeling and pathology is discussed. Attention is drawn to the fact that mineralized cartilage was identified on the articular aspect of all adult mammalian anorganic condyles examined.
对四种哺乳动物（绵羊、猫、猴子和人类）的下颌髁突进行脱矿质处理，并在次氯酸钠中进行扫描电子显微镜（SEM）检查。基于软骨细胞陷窝的相似形态和矿化的球粒状模式，在所有标本中均识别出矿化软骨前沿。发现软骨表面存在物种特异性差异。讨论了这种软骨在下颌髁突重塑和病理学中的作用。需要注意的是，在所有接受检查的成年哺乳动物脱矿质髁突的关节面上均识别出了矿化软骨。
