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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 1 The average meniscal wet weight (g) and volume (ml) in human, sheep and pig

From: Anatomical study: comparing the human, sheep and pig knee meniscus

 

Mean ± Standard Error of the Mean (SEM)

Lateral meniscus

Medial meniscus

Weight (g)

Volume (ml)

Weight (g)

Volume (ml)

Human (n = 6)

4.95 (±0.44)

5 (±0.53)

4.43 (±0.46)

4.5 (±0.58)

Sheep (n = 6)

2.5 (±0.19)**

2.33 (±0.17)**

2.21 (±0.22)*

2.22 (±0.22)*

Pig (n = 22)

6.44 (±0.26)*

6.52 (±0.27)*

5.02 (±0.17)

5.09 (±0.18)

  1. Human values are in bold. Statistically significant differences to the human menisci are indicated with asterisks, where (*) indicates significance levels with p-values < 0.05 and (**) indicates values that had a significance level with p-values < 0.001. Pig menisci had the largest values while the human menisci were larger than the sheep and smaller than the pig menisci
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