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ArticleThe Journal of veterinary medical science2018

Fibrillar architecture at three different sites of the bovine superficial digital flexor tendon.

Naoki Takahashi, Takuya Hirose, Jun A Minaguchi, Hiromi Ueda, Prasarn Tangkawattana, Kazushige Takehana

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Article in The Journal of veterinary medical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Naoki TakahashiLaboratory of Veterinary Microanatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan.
Takuya HiroseLaboratory of Veterinary Microanatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan.
Jun A MinaguchiLaboratory of Veterinary Microanatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan.
Hiromi UedaLaboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan.
Prasarn TangkawattanaLaboratory of Veterinary Microanatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan.
Kazushige TakehanaLaboratory of Veterinary Microanatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan.
Rakuno Gakuen University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) of the bovine hindlimb originates from the caudolateral aspect of the distal femur and finally inserts onto the plantar aspect of the middle phalanges. In the present study, morphology and morphometry of the bovine SDFT at the muscle-tendon junction (MTJ), middle metatarsus (mM) and tendon-bone interface (TBI) were investigated. Cross-sectional morphology at the three regions of SDFT were oval, semioval and ring-formed, respectively. Significant difference in cross-sectional area was found only between MTJ-mM and mM-TBI (P<0.05). Functional compression and friction from the adjacent structures could be the most potential interactions affecting such appearances. Morphometric data of tenocyte number, water content, and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) length and angle were found increasing in the proximodistal direction, except the fibril diameter and collagen fibril index (CFI). Statistical analyzes could reveal significant differences in average number of tenocytes (P<0.0001), CFI (between MTJ-mM and MTJ-TBI, P<0.05), water content (between MTJ-TBI, P<0.05), length of GAG chains (between MTJ-TBI, P<0.05), and angle of GAG chains (P<0.0001), respectively. The fibrillar characteristics at the three different areas, including fibril diameter distribution and interfibrillar distance, existed in conforming to the tensional axes in situ. In addition, length and angle of GAG chains were relevant to moving directions of the collagen fibrils.

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AnimalsCattleFemurFibrillar CollagensGlycosaminoglycansMetatarsusMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMuscle, SkeletalTendonsTenocytesToe PhalangesFibrillar CollagensGlycosaminoglycansbovinecollagen fibrilglycosaminoglycansmorphometrysuperficial digital flexor tendon

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PMID29332865
PMCPMC5880818
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