Variation of diameter distribution, number density, and area fraction of fibrils within five areas of the rabbit patellar tendon

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 442-451

  Williams, Lakiesha N ^a   Elder, Steven H ^a   Horstemeyer, Mark F ^b   Harbarger, David ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lagomorpha; Microstructure; Tendon; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE SLICE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; RABBITS;

LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 55149122441     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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