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 4:

Biochemical analysis of the TMJ disc ( $\text{[math]}$ goats × $\text{[math]}$ regions) and MCC ( $\text{[math]}$ goats × $\text{[math]}$ regions). (a) Percent collagen content per dry weight. (b) Percent GAG content per dry weight. (c) Percent DNA content per dry weight. (d) Percent water content of the tissue. The symbol (∗) indicates significance ( $\text{[math]}$ ) between the TMJ disc and MCC. Error bars indicate S.D.