X-Ray Diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy of Bovine Media Aortic Wall
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Connective Tissue Research
- Vol. 5 (1) , 37-39
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03008207709152610
Abstract
Scanning electron microscopy and high angle X-ray diffraction were used to define the relationship between collagen and elastin of bovine aortic wall. The diffraction pattern shows on one hand that the broad rings at 4.5 A and 9 A, due to elastin, do not orient on stretching and on the other hand, that the collagen rings at 11 A and 2.9 A start to orient at low elongations. These data together with scanning electron microscopy suggest a tight structural relationship between collagen and elastin that should influence the mechanics of deformation at all degrees of elongation.Keywords
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