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. 2018 Nov 15;10(11):3291–3309.

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The hierarchical organization of collagen molecules forming tendon tissue. The basic unit for tendon architecture is collagen (especially type I) which aligns in end-to-end fashion to form fibrils which associated to form fibers which in turn give rise to fascicles. Several fascicles associate to from a functional tendon unit.