Figure 3:

Changes wth age in (A) stress-free radially-cut aortic ring lengths measured on the intimal $L_{\theta }^{int}$ (red) and adventitial $L_{\theta }^{adv}$ (blue) surfaces and (B) circumferential opening angle. (C) Radially-cut ring curves intima (int) inward in young TAs while in old TAs it curves adventitia (adv) inward. (D) Changes in stress-free H (red) and load-free h (blue) aortic wall thicknesses, (E) load-free radii ρ_int, ρ_adv and (F) calculated loaded aortic radii r_int, r_adv on the intimal (red) and adventitial (blue) surfaces. Here boxes bound 25^th and 75^th percentiles for each age group, median and average values are marked with a line and a dot within each box, whiskers extend to the 5^th and 95^th percentiles, and the outliers are displayed with a + sign.