3D microstructural architecture of muscle attachments in extant and fossil vertebrates revealed by synchrotron microtomography.

3D microstructural architecture of muscle attachments in extant and fossil vertebrates revealed by synchrotron microtomography.

BACKGROUND: Firm attachments binding muscles to skeleton are crucial mechanical components of the vertebrate body. These attachments (entheses) are complex three-dimensional structures, containing distinctive arrangements of cells and fibre systems embedded in the bone, which can be modified during...

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Main Authors: Sophie Sanchez, Vincent Dupret, Paul Tafforeau, Katherine M Trinajstic, Bettina Ryll, Pierre-Jean Gouttenoire, Lovisa Wretman, Louise Zylberberg, Françoise Peyrin, Per E Ahlberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3582629?pdf=render

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