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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2013 Aug 6;28:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.07.019. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.07.019

Fig. 2. Apparatus.

Fig. 2

The apparatus was designed to apply shear and compression to samples, while secured to the stage of a confocal microscope. Red arrows show applied compression and shear. The inset shows the sample attached to just one of the two arms. During the experiment, the cartilage is attached to both arms.