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: Sanchez, S., Dupret, V., Tafforeau, P., Trinajstic, Kate, Ryll, B., Gouttenoire, P., Wretman, L., Zylberberg, L., Peyrin, F., Ahlberg, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9748