title: [The multifibrillar network of the tendon sliding system].
abstract: After carrying out 215 in vivo dissections, 65 of which were video-recorded, the authors propose that the current representation of the notion of the tendon sliding is incorrect. It is suggested that tendon sliding is explained by the existence of a mechanical adaptable multimicrovacuolar and fibrillar tissue. This tissue enables complete sliding without any dynamic influence on the surrounding tissues. The new theory is based on a polyhedric fibrillar framework, apparently chaotic and complex, subtending the microvacuolar gel, a concept that is to be found everywhere in the human body.
authors.affiliation: Institut aquitain de la main, 56, allée des Tulipes, 33600 Bordeaux-Pessac, France. adf.guimberteau@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Guimberteau
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Delage
mesh_terms: D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D020894:Microfibrils; D013710:Tendons / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure