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tension lines

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lines that can be extrapolated by connecting linear openings made when a round pin is driven into the skin of a cadaver, resulting from the principal axis of orientation of the subcutaneous connective tissue (collagen) fibers of the dermis; they vary in direction with the region of the body surface.
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cleav·age lines

(klēv'ăj līnz)
Lines that can be extrapolated by connecting linear openings made when a round pin is driven into the skin of a cadaver, resulting from the principal axis of orientation of the subcutaneous connective tissue (collagen) fibers of the dermis; they vary in direction with the region of the body surface.
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Langer,

Karl (Ritter von Edenberg), Austrian anatomist, 1819-1887.
Langer arch - Synonym(s): axillary arch muscle
Langer lines - lines which can be extrapolated by connecting linear openings made when a round pin is driven into the skin of a cadaver. Synonym(s): cleavage lines
Langer muscle - Synonym(s): axillary arch muscle
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