About the Authors

Pei Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Pei Liu, Chan Li

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Chan Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Pei Liu, Chan Li

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Nan Zheng

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Xiaoying Yuan

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Yutong Zhou

Roles Visualization

Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Pu Chun

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Yanyan Chi

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Campbell Gilmore

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Shengbo Yu

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

suihj@hotmail.com (SY); yushengbo86@dmu.edu.cn (HS)

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Hongjin Sui

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

suihj@hotmail.com (SY); yushengbo86@dmu.edu.cn (HS)

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China, Dalian Hoffen Preservation Institution, Dalian, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.