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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Mech Med Biol. 2012 Mar;12(1):1250009-1–1250009-17. doi: 10.1142/S0219519412004399

Table 2.

Median (25th percentile–75th percentile) values of the constants describing the instantaneous elastic response of the proximal portion of virgin (n = 7), mid-pregnant (n = 7), and postpartum (n = 8) Long-Evans rat cervix.

A × 10−4 (kPa) B A × B (kPa)
Virgin 1.01 (0.773–1.11) 34.7 (33.8–36.2) 0.0034 (0.0022–0042)
Mid-pregnant 0.295 (0.206–2.02) 43.0 (37.1–47.2) 0.0013 (0.0006–0.0078)
Four weeks postpartum 1.97 (0.840–8.0) 31.2 (28.3–33.9) 0.0217 (0.00248–0.0227)