Further Insight into the Depth-Dependent Microstructural Response of Cartilage to Compression Using a Channel Indentation Technique

<table>Images of chondrons obtained at different zonal depths in the cartilage matrix, comparing the directly loaded region (DLR) with the nonloaded region (UR). Only in the tangential zone (TZ) are the chondrons deformed at all the levels of applied strain. In the midzone (MZ), there is compression of the chondrons at the applied medium and high strain only. The deep zone (DZ) chondron shape appears unchanged for all the levels of strain.</table>

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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Figure 6: Further Insight into the Depth-Dependent Microstructural Response of Cartilage to Compression Using a Channel Indentation Technique 