Title :
Ultrastructural properties of rat tail tendon
Author :
Price, James P. ; Njus, Glen O. ; Conway, Ted A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Akron Univ., OH, USA
Abstract :
The correlation between the structural hierarchy of soft connective tissues and the structural properties of these tissues continues to be an area of research interest in biomechanics. This paper presents current research to quantify the effects of the structural organization of collagen type I connective tissues on its load bearing function from ultrastructural properties obtained from tensile tests. The aim of the present paper is to determine if the structural properties, specifically the modulus in the high stress region, vary within the fascicle and sub-fascicle organizational level
Keywords :
biomechanics; proteins; biomechanics research; fascicle organizational level; load bearing function; modulus; rat tail tendon; soft connective tissues; structural hierarchy; subfascicle organizational level; tensile tests; ultrastructural properties; Aggregates; Biological tissues; Biomedical engineering; Connective tissue; Crimping; Mechanical factors; Tail; Tendons; Tensile stress; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 Fifteenth Southern
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3131-1
DOI :
10.1109/SBEC.1996.493275
