. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2015 Jan;298(1):145–167. doi: 10.1002/ar.23073

TABLE 1.

Component of the reaction force at the working-side TMJ perpendicular to the triangle of support (the plane defined by the two TMJs and the bite point)^a

Species	Specimen	Force (P³ bite) (N)	Force (M² bite) (N)
P. boisei	OH 5	885.4	57.9
A. africanus	Sts5	455.3	43.1
P. troglodytes	PC 1−	429.2	104.9
P. troglodytes	PC 1+	466.9	136.6
P. troglodytes	PC 2−	308.8	35.6
P. troglodytes	PC2+	345.8	77.1
P. troglodytes	PCS−	373.9	−12.7
P. troglodytes	PC 3+	398.7	26.0

Positive values are compressive and negative values are distractive.