Table 5.

Scaling exponents for tendons of the wrist and ankle±s.e. (Exponents are shaded according to the scaling model to which they most closely approximate (table 1); however, the s.e. overlap more than one scaling model in some cases.)

tendon	CSA	MaxD	PerpD
manus
M. extensor digitorum communis	0.59±0.07	0.24±0.03	0.31±0.05
M. extensor carpi radialis	0.69±0.09	0.33±0.07	0.32±0.05
M. extensor pollicis and extensor indicis et pollicis	0.51±0.07	0.24±0.04	0.23±0.03
M. extensor digiti quinti	0.61±0.10	0.32±0.07	0.34±0.07
M. extensor carpi ulnaris	0.38±0.11	0.26±0.07	0.25±0.05
Mm. flexor communis digitorum and palmaris longus	0.53±0.08	0.22±0.02	0.33±0.08
M. flexor carpi radialis	0.38±0.06	0.18±0.05	0.19±0.05
pes
M. tibialis cranialis	0.99±0.20	0.44±0.09	0.54±0.11
M. extensor digitorum lateralis	0.85±0.11	0.54±0.11	0.36±0.07
M. extensor digitorum longus	1.08±0.21	0.54±0.10	0.68±0.17
M. tibialis caudalis	0.76±0.10	0.41±0.08	0.33±0.03
M. flexor digitorum medialis	0.92±0.10	0.47±0.05	0.39±0.06
M. flexor digitorum lateralis	1.02±0.09	0.45±0.06	0.53±0.08
Mm. fibularis longus and fibularis brevis	0.78±0.10	0.24±0.05	0.47±0.07
tendo calcaneus communis	0.76±0.08	0.39±0.08	0.30±0.13