Characteristics of collagen fibrils in the entire equine superficial digital flexor tendon

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 111-114

  Sese, Masaru ^a   Ueda, Hiromi ^a   Watanabe, Takafumi ^a   Yamamoto, Etsuko ^a   Hosaka, Yoshinao ^a   Tangkawattana, Prasarn ^b   Takehana, Kazushige ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Collagen fibrils; Mass average diameter; Superficial digital flexor tendon

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; LEG; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TENDON; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; EXTREMITIES; HORSES; LEG BONES; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 39049089554     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj.84.111     Document Type: Article

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