Fascicles of the adult human Achilles tendon - An anatomical study

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 586-593

  Szaro, Paweł ^a   Witkowski, Grzegorz ^a   Śmigielski, Robert ^b   Krajewski, Paweł ^a   Ciszek, Bogdan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Centre for Postgraduate Education   (Poland)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Calcaneal tendon; Fibers arrangement; Gastrocnemius muscle; Soleus muscle; Triceps surae muscle

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350348407     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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