Table 1.
Sex-based tensile biomechanical response categorized by direction and region for Young's Modulus, Instantaneous Modulus and Relaxed Modulus for human temporomandibular joint discs, mean (std.dev).
| Average Young's Modulus (MPa) | Instantaneous Modulus (MPa) | Relaxed Modulus (MPa) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP-MED | AP-CENT | AP-LAT | ML-ANT | ML-CENT | ML-POST | AP-MED | AP-CENT | AP-LAT | ML-ANT | ML-CENT | ML-POST | AP-MED | AP-CENT | AP-LAT | ML-ANT | ML-CENT | ML-POST | |
| Female | 13.3 (8.7) |
18.9 (8.5) |
13.6 (6.2) |
12.9 (7.5) |
12.1 (8.6) |
15.3 (9.9) |
8.3 (4.2) |
8.5 (2.9) |
7.2 (4.0) |
9.0 (5.2) |
5.4 (2.9) |
10.8 (6.5) |
3.1 (0.8) |
1.9 (1.7) |
2.7 (1.7) |
3.4 (2.0) |
1.4 (1.3) |
4.3 (3.0) |
| Male | 8.9 (4.2) |
13.1 (6.8) |
12.3 (8.9) |
10.4 (4.6) |
7.3 (4.3) |
15.6 (7.7) |
4.0 (0.8) |
7.3 (5.0) |
4.7 (1.9) |
16.3 (13.7) |
3.2 (1.2) |
7.8 (4.6) |
1.8 (0.5) |
2.0 (2.0) |
1.7 (0.8) |
6.2 (4.8) |
1.4 (0.6) |
3.1 (2.0) |