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. 2018 Oct 31;6:e5779. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5779

Figure 7. Principal stress trajectories for the fibula in the solution posture compared to cancellous bone fabric.

Figure 7

(A) Vector field of σ1 in the medial side of the fibular head plotted on a translucent rendering of the bone, in medial view (reversed). (B) Vector field of σ3 in lateral side of the fibular head, in lateral view. (C, D) Exemplar fabric vector fields (u1) for birds, in lateral view (cf. Figs. 40G–40K of Part I); not to scale.