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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2006;39(4):595–602. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.01.009

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

A schematic representation of a microcrack and a diffuse damage in bone: a microcrack runs cross multiple mineral layers, while a diffuse damage is characterized by a distributed array of nano cracks that situate in the mineral layers.