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Collagen Structure of Tendon Relates to Function

A tendon is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone, designed to transmit forces and withstand tension during muscle contraction. Tendon may be surrounded by different structures: 1) fibrous sheaths or retinaculae; 2) reflection pulleys; 3) synovial sheaths; 4) periten...

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Autores principales: Franchi, Marco, Trirè, Alessandra, Quaranta, Marilisa, Orsini, Ester, Ottani, Victoria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17450305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2007.92