Photoconductivity in bone and tendon.
Ultraviolet light can be used to stimulate electrical current flow in bone and tendon. This stimulated photocurrent is directional. In tendon the photocurrent parallel to the fibrils is greater than the photocurrent perpendicular to the fibrils. In bone, the longitudinal photocurrent is less than the transverse photocurrent.
D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones; D002417:Cattle; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008027:Light; D013710:Tendons