Table 2.

Ultimate compressive stress and strain of the septum samples

	1%/sec loading rate				0.1%/sec loading rate
Sample location and loading direction	Anterior vertical n=16	Posterior vertical n=17	Ventral horizontal n=16	Dorsal horizontal n=14	Dorsal horizontal (a) n=13	Dorsal horizontal (p) n=8
Ultimate stress (MPa)	3.3±1.4*	1.6±0.4	2.2±0.8	1.9±0.6	1.5±0.6	1.4±0.3
Ultimate strain (%)	33.9±9.4	32.5±6.6	29.3±11.4	25.3±4.4	33.8±5.5	32.9±10.9

^*The anterior vertical samples had higher ultimate stress than all other locations (p<0.01, repeated measures ANOVA).