Flexor tendon healing.
Concepts of flexor tendon healing suggest that repair is accomplished both by extrinsic peripheral fibroblasts and by intrinsic fibroblasts from the tendon itself. Recent studies indicate that although peripheral adhesions are associated with tendon healing, they are not essential to the repair process.
D000818:Animals; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013710:Tendons / Q000502:physiology*; D014945:Wound Healing