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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 5.

Figure 5

SEM analysis of TMJ shape-specific neotissue at t = 5 wk, with images of control, BM, BA, and BM+BA for both band and middle zone regions. To measure collagen fibril diameter and density, three locations on three fibrocartilage constructs from each treatment were quantified. Results found BM+BA to promote synergistically thicker and significantly denser collagen fibrilsin both construct regions over all treatments. Both BA and BM+BA constructs presented with bundling of fibers aligning predominantly in the AP direction of their respective middle zones. Bars not connected by the same letter are significantly different (p < 0.05). Scale bar is 2 μm. ML = mediolateral, AP = anteroposterior.