Table 2 Mean morphometric measurements by PM type with standard deviation (SD).
From: Morphological variability of the plantaris tendon in the human fetus
I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Length of the leg (mm) | 42.43 | 46.44 | 45.26 | 46.15 | 46.99 | 44.15 | 54.75 | 83.04 | 0.002 |
SD | 5.4 | 13.69 | 3.94 | 9.63 | 12.88 | 6.5 | 13.64 | 0.00 | |
Length of the tendon (mm) | 42.22 | 45.19 | 45.94 | 45.49 | 44.04 | 44.39 | 52.74 | 5.54 | 0.001 |
SD | 4.24 | 12.52 | 7.42 | 9.49 | 10.7 | 11.10 | 11.34 | 1.4 | |
ExP from the calcaneus (mm) | 7.55 | 3.84 | 5.03 | 8.7 | 6.46 | 6.98 | 23.88 | < 0.001 | |
SD | 2.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.2 | 2.59 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
ExP width (mm) | 0.15 | 0.90 | 0.07 | 0.77 | 0.53 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.247 | |
SD | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.66 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
ExP thickness (mm) | 1.48 | 0.81 | 1.12 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.74 | 3.19 | < 0.001 | |
SD | 0.6 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
