In vivo bone strain and finite element modeling of a rhesus macaque mandible during mastication

• Published in: Zoology (Jena) Vol. 124; pp. 13 - 29
• Main Authors: Panagiotopoulou, Olga, Iriarte-Diaz, José, Wilshin, Simon, Dechow, Paul C., Taylor, Andrea B., Mehari Abraha, Hyab, Aljunid, Sharifah F., Ross, Callum F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Elsevier GmbH 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena; Bone and Bones - physiology; Bone material properties; Bone strain gauges; Chewing; Electromyography; Female; Finite element analysis; Macaca mulatta - physiology; Mandible - physiology; Mastication - physiology; Models, Biological; Musculoskeletal modeling; Bone material properties; Musculoskeletal modeling; Finite element analysis; Chewing; Bone strain gauges

•First study to combine in vivo and ex vivo data to create and validate a finite element model simulation of animal feeding.•The similarities between the strain regimes recorded in vivo and those generated by the model are marked.•Variation in the bite point is associated with significant variation...