Table 2.
Poroelastic material parameters (mean ± SD) estimated from the micro-CT data and from confocal microscopy measurements of the lacunar-canalicular system in SHAM and OVX rats previously reported in Sharma et al. (2012).
| SHAM | OVX | |
|---|---|---|
| Canalicular radius, rcan (nm) | 140.8 | 145.8 |
| Number of canaliculi per lacuna, Ncan | 83.9 | 89.7 |
| Lacunar volume, Lc.V(μm3) | 352 | 393 |
| Canalicular porosity, ϕcan (%) | 1.90 ± 0.11 | 1.70 ± 0.19 |
| Lacunar-canalicular porosity, ϕlc (%) | 3.22 ± 0.30 | 2.53 ± 0.36 |
| Lacunar-canalicular permeability, k (m2) | 1.54 × 10−20 | 1.15 × 10−20 |
| Drained Young’s modulus, Ed (GPa) | 20.14 ± 0.76 | 21.42 ± 0.74 |
| Poisson’s ratio, vd | 0.319 ± 0.001 | 0.321 ± 0.001 |
| Bulk modulus of solid phase, Ks (GPa) | 20.50 ± 0.80 | 21.49 ± 0.73 |