Figure 3.
Four different suture anchoring methods. The portion of tendon fibres that the suture anchors around is shown in dark grey. The tendon outline is shown as a dashed in the cross sectional views. Dark grey represents suture which passes outside the tendon on the dorsal side. a. Non-grasping b. Grasping. c. Locking (aka. Pennington Lock) d. Modified Pennington Lock