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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Oral Biol. 2014 Sep 6;60(1):1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2014.08.022

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Unconfined compression of the TMJ disc. A) Unconfined compression testing set up. Samples were tested in a saline bath at 37 °C. B) Picture shows a representative TMJ disc sample and the platens. C) Stress of the TMJ disc sample over time. Each strain step is shown consecutively. Samples were compressed to the strain level (10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%) and allowed to relax for 30 minutes. Representative curves are shown. D) Stress-strain loading curves for the TMJ disc. Representative curves are shown for each strain step 10%-30% with 5% increments.