Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Ham (pork) shank muscle fibres. Shown here are the skeletal muscle fibres from a partial cooked ham sha

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Ham (pork) shank muscle fibres. Shown here are the skeletal muscle fibres from a partial cooked ham shank (pork leg). The ham shank is the portion of meat (skeletal muscle) around the tibia of the animal, the leg bone beneath the knee. Magnification: x21 when shortest axis printed at 25 millimetres.

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Photo credit: © DENNIS KUNKEL MICROSCOPY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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