DocumentCode
3406027
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
fYear
1996
fDate
29-31 Mar 1996
Firstpage
456
Lastpage
459
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 Fifteenth Southern
Conference_Location
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3131-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SBEC.1996.493275
Filename
493275
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