Ultrastructural observations on the tendon sheath of the rat tail

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-252

  Gotoh, Tadashi ^a   Murashige, Noriaki ^a   Yamashita, Kazuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; Electron microscope; Tail tendon; Tendon sheath

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

COLLAGEN; ELECTRONS; RATS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BLOOD CAPILLARY; COLLAGEN FIBRES; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; INNER SURFACES; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; RAT TAIL TENDON; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; TAIL TENDON; TENDON SHEATH; THREE-LAYER;

TENDONS;

EID: 0030744791     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023516     Document Type: Article

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