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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2013 Sep 24;34(38):10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.09.026. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.09.026

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic of native TMJ disc (A) showing its biconcave shape and collagen fibril alignment to be anteroposterior in the middle zone of the disc, and circumferential around the band region, as represented by grey arrows. Schematic of TMJ shape-specific negative mold (B), having an aspect ratio of 1.5 in the mediolateral-anteroposterior direction from a top view and an average ratio of 2.5 between the band region and middle zone from a sagittal view, to create molds representing a geometric scaled-down version of the native TMJ disc. Note: figure not drawn to scale.