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(a) Schematic of a representative element of myocardium containing locally parallel myofibers, organized in laminar sheets and embedded within extracellular matrix. (b) Pure shear modes indicating tension along the fiber direction with compression along the sheet direction (orange) and tension along the fiber direction with compression along the normal direction (blue), (c) corresponding to increased stress in both fiber and normal directions.
