A Comparison of the Mechanical Properties of the Goat Temporomandibular Joint Disc to the Mandibular Condylar Cartilage in Unconfined Compression

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Figure 2:

Simple compression analysis of the TMJ disc ( $\text{[math]}$ goats × $\text{[math]}$ regions) and MCC ( $\text{[math]}$ goats × $\text{[math]}$ regions) at 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% strain. (a) Peak stress (b) Equilibrium stress (c) Percent stress relaxation (d). Tangent modulus. The symbol (∗) indicates significance ( $\text{[math]}$ ) between the TMJ disc and MCC at each strain step. Error bars indicate S.D.