Units

Laboratory of Anatomy, Biomechanics and Organogenesis

The Laboratoires d'Anatomie, Biomécanique et Organogenèse (LABO, Faculty of Medicine) and d'Anatomie Fonctionnelle (LAF, Faculty of Human Motor Sciences) form a research group dedicated to human and animal anatomy, biomechanics and embryology.  

LABO/LAF's research is organized around complementary themes: 

 biomechanics, modeling and functional assessment 

 macroscopic and microscopic anatomy 

 embryology and teratology 

 forensic medicine and forensic anthropology 

 HOX genes and ovarian function 

 Neurobiomechanics 

 Applied physical anthropology in paleoanthropology

Projetcs

Macroscopic and microscopic anatomy

Comparative anatomy of the Achilles tendon :
This project, carried out in collaboration between LABO, LAF, the Swedish School of Sports and the Histology Laboratory, aims to study the macroscopic and microscopic morphology of the human and primate Achilles tendon to clarify contradictions in the literature concerning the twisting of fibers, the existence of sub-tendons and the preferential location of overload lesions within the tendon. To this end, this study combines several in vivo and in vitro techniques to answer these questions, including classical dissection and morphometry, stereophotogrammetry, histology and medical imaging.
Anatomy of the components involved in the thoraco-lumbar fascia, including the interfascial trigone