Tendon fibres, SEM

Credit: STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Tendon. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured tendon fibre bundle. A tendon is made up of parallel bundles of collagen fibres. It is inelastic, though with a degree of flexibility, and attaches a muscle to a bone. Magnification: x1000 at 6x7cm size.

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Keywords: anatomy, bundle, collagen, coloured, fibre, fibres, freeze-fracture, freeze-fractured, human body, scanning electron micrograph, sem, tendon, tendons

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