The 3D structure of crimps in the rat Achilles tendon

Matrix Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 503-507

  Raspanti, Mario ^a,c   Manelli, Alessandro ^a   Franchi, Marco ^b   Ruggeri, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Institute of Human Morphology   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFM; Collagen; SEM; Tendon

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXCISION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TORSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS;

EID: 26644442130     PISSN: 0945053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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