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Fig. 3A —Photomicrographs of histopathology specimens from plantar plate of right foot in 19-year-old fresh cadaver. Sagittal paraffin section of third plantar plate shows densely interwoven connective fibers (long arrows) and dense connective septa (arrowheads). Hyaline cartilage (small arrow) undercuts plantar plate at insertion. Tidemark (asterisk) represents interdigitations between calcified fibrocartilage and subchondral bone. B indicates bone. (Masson's trichrome stain, x5 magnification)