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. 2004 Aug 19;3(2):75–84. doi: 10.1007/s10237-004-0051-x

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

Four configurations for an adherent cell, including an assumed materially isotropic cell in a non-adherent, traction-free reference configuration. Adherence and active spreading likely change the material symmetry from isotropic to anisotropic via an affine deformation-dependent mechanism and possibly active remodeling (not considered explicitly)