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

Embryology and Teratology, Craniofacial Anatomy and Louis Deroubaix Anatomy and Embryology Museum

Embryology and teratology: craniofacial anatomy 
This sector carries out work on normal facial development and abnormalities. In line with the non-partitioned nature of our various activities, this sector, which makes extensive use of data from microscopic morphology, has benefited from innovations of a quantitative nature introduced thanks to the experience acquired in the biomechanics and modeling sector. 

Embryology: avian pseudotooths and denticles:
Given that dental regression is at the edge of the transition between dinosaurs and birds, this work involves histological and histochemical studies of the development of avian pseudotooths and denticles. Our interest in dental structures stems from our participation in the dental section courses. Several developmental genes are analyzed (SHH, MSX1, BMP4, beta-catenin, PITX2).   These pseudo-tooths should be considered essentially as tactile organs. Current work focuses on the corneal papillae of the tongue of certain birds (notably the goose), which appear as true pseudo-tooths.

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