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Evolution of the patellar sesamoid bone in mammals

The patella is a sesamoid bone located in the major extensor tendon of the knee joint, in the hindlimb of many tetrapods. Although numerous aspects of knee morphology are ancient and conserved among most tetrapods, the evolutionary occurrence of an ossified patella is highly variable. Among extant (...

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Autores principales: Samuels, Mark E., Regnault, Sophie, Hutchinson, John R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5363259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28344905
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3103