Multiunit arrector pili muscular structure as a variation observed by using computer-based three-dimensional reconstruction

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 335-337

  Song, Wu Chul ^a   Hu, Kyung Seok ^b   Koh, Ki Seok ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arrector pili muscle; Follicular unit; Human; Multiunit AP muscular structure; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SCALP;

EID: 27944433478     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0018-y     Document Type: Article

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