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TEM picture of fibrillar crimps in the tendon of flexor digitorum profundus muscle of rat. Parallel collagen fibrils in the fibrillar crimp region twist leftwards and bend changing both their direction and plane of coursing. No D-period banding is observable in the fibrillar crimps but a microfibril swelling is clearly evident. Bar = 500 nm.
