Traumatized Muscle Tissue
This is a scanning electron microscope image of traumatized muscle tissue taken from an injured soldier. It shows a red blood cell (false color) entangled in nanofibrous extracellular matrix. Highly fibrotic regions such as these are thought to precede bone formation during abnormal wound healing, leading to heterotopic ossification, the formation of bone in locations outside the skeleton, such as soft tissue.
Credit: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health
Traumatized Muscle Tissue
This is a scanning electron microscope image of traumatized muscle tissue taken from an injured soldier. It shows a red blood cell (false color) entangled in nanofibrous extracellular matrix. Highly fibrotic regions such as these are thought to precede bone formation during abnormal wound healing, leading to heterotopic ossification, the formation of bone in locations outside the skeleton, such as soft tissue.
Credit: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health