Computational Investigation on the Biomechanical Responses of the Osteocytes to the Compressive Stimulus: A Poroelastic Model

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:12.42em"/><col style="width:9.45em"/><col style="width:6.57em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Components</td><td class="align_center">Number of elements</td><td class="align_center">Element type</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">ECM</td><td class="align_center">77480</td><td class="align_center">Solid</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PCM with canaliculi</td><td class="align_center">7183</td><td class="align_center">Solid</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Osteocyte cell body and processes</td><td class="align_center">23205</td><td class="align_center">Solid</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total</td><td class="align_center">107868</td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>ECM: extracellular matrix; PCM: perilacunar matrix.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Element numbers and element types of the finite element model of the osteocyte-lacunar-canalicular system.</div>

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Table 1: Computational Investigation on the Biomechanical Responses of the Osteocytes to the Compressive Stimulus: A Poroelastic Model 