Effects of Osteocyte Shape on Fluid Flow and Fluid Shear Stress of the Loaded Bone

Table 1

Geometry and degree of representative cases.

				Degree of anisotropy	Degree of elongation	Degree of flatness
Case 1	6.1	6.1	3.35	0.3	0	0.7
Case 2	7.34	7.34	2.32	0.1	0	0.9
Case 3	8.57	3.82	3.82	0.2	0.8	0
Case 4	7.47	4.09	4.09	0.3	0.7	0
Case 5	6.69	6.24	2.99	0.2	0.13	0.77
Case 6	8.36	4	3.74	0.2	0.77	0.12
Reference	5	5	5	1	0	0