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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)
