Figure 2
(a) Representative section of an E12-plastinate in the sagittal plane. Image (b) displaying the calcaneus and the surrounding tissues, is a magnification of the dotted box shown in the image (a). The following six measurements used in this study are labelled: Thickness of Achilles tendon (AT) at 10 mm proximal to calcaneal insertion, the thickness of AT at calcaneal insertion, AT’s insertional length, plantar fascia’s (PF) insertional length, the thickness of PF at calcaneal insertion, and the thickness of PF at 10 mm distal to calcaneal insertion. The white arrows highlight the aligned dense trabeculae in the superficial posterior-inferior calcaneus. Image (c) is a schematic diagram of the calcaneus, with complementary AT and PF cross-sectional areas (CSA) for the distances of the measurements given in a. a anterior; i inferior, p posterior; s, superior.
