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. 2017 May 3;231(1):121–128. doi: 10.1111/joa.12617

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Arrangement of collagen fibres in visceral fasciae, azan‐Mallory stain (A, C, D). (A) Full wall thickness of pericardial sac: note several fibrous sublayers. (B) Diagram of collagen arrangement. (C) Visceral fascia of thorax: note angle of approximately 54 ° between adjacent fibrous sublayers forming (C). Section of a sublayer of visceral fascia of abdomen, showing how collagen fibres are all arranged in the same parallel direction (D). Scale bars: 300 μm (A); 150 μm (B–D).