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The innervation of 21 human anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) obtained at autopsy or during operation was studied by light microscopy. Nerves and nerve endings were found in the synovium and interfascicular connective tissue. The nerves were myelinated and/or unmyelinated and had terminal nerve structures with free nerve endings which provide nociception and supply the blood vessels, Ruffini corpuscles and Pacini corpuscles, which are mechanoreceptors in the ligaments.
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Etude en microscopie optique de l'innervation du ligament croisé antérieur à l'aide de 21 spécimens obtenus lors d'une intervention ou d'une autopsie. Des nerfs et des terminaisons nerveuses ont été trouvés dans la synoviale et dans le tissu conjonctif intra-fasciculaire. Les nerfs sont myélinisés et/ou non, et présentent des structures terminales libres qui assurent la nociception et innervent les vaisseaux sanguins, ainsi que les corpuscules de Ruffini et de Pacini, qui constituent les récepteurs de l'allongement de ces ligaments.
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Haus, J., Halata, Z. Innervation of the anterior cruciate ligament. International Orthopaedics 14, 293–296 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00178762
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