Rebound Resilience of Tendons in the Feet of Sheep (Ovis Aries)
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- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Experimental Biology
- Vol. 74 (1) , 75-81
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.74.1.75
Abstract
The interosseous muscle of the fore foot of the sheep is multipennate, with large tendons but extremely short muscle fibres. It is believed to save energy in locomotion by elastic storage in its tendons and its sheath. Its rebound resilience (at 5−7 Hz and 20−37 °C) is about 0·62.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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