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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Morphol. 1999 Nov;242(2):167. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199911)242:2<167::AID-JMOR8>3.0.CO;2-1

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Schematic drawings of the expected bony and fibrous morphology of compressed and tensed sutures. A: A compressed suture with deep interdigitating processes and compression-resistant collagen fiber arrangement. B: A tensed suture with shallow interdigitating processes and tension-resistant collagen fiber arrangement.