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ArticleAnnals of biomedical engineering2023

Contribution of Elastic and Collagen Fibers to the Mechanical Behavior of Bovine Nuchal Ligament.

Samuel Halvorsen, Ruizhi Wang, Yanhang Zhang

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Article in Annals of biomedical engineering, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Short histological kaleidoscope - recent findings in histology. Part V. About tendons, ligaments, and cartilages.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Samuel HalvorsenMechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Ruizhi WangMechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Yanhang ZhangMechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. yanhang@bu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4114-7183
Boston University · US

Funding

Multi-Scale Integration of Extracellular Matrix Mechanics in Vascular RemodelingR01HL098028 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI ZHANG, YANHANG KATHERINE · 2011 to 2025
$5.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL098028NIH HHS 2R01098028
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ligamentum nuchae is a highly elastic tissue commonly used to study the structure and mechanics of elastin. This study combines imaging, mechanical testing, and constitutive modeling to examine the structural organization of elastic and collagen fibers and their contributions to the nonlinear stress-strain behavior of the tissue. Rectangular samples of bovine ligamentum nuchae cut in both longitudinal and transverse directions were tested in uniaxial tension. Purified elastin samples were also obtained and tested. It was observed that the stress-stretch response of purified elastin tissue follows a similar curve as the intact tissue initially, but the intact tissue shows a significant stiffening behavior for stretches above 1.29 with collagen engagement. Multiphoton and histology images confirm the elastin-dominated bulk of ligamentum nuchae interspersed with small bundles of collagen fibrils and sporadic collagen-rich regions with cellular components and ground substance. A transversely isotropic constitutive model that considers the longitudinal organization of elastic and collagen fibers was developed to describe the mechanical behavior of both intact and purified elastin tissue under uniaxial tension. These findings shed light on the unique structural and mechanical roles of elastic and collagen fibers in tissue mechanics and may aid in future use of ligamentum nuchae in tissue grafting.

Indexed as

CollagenElastinAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaCattleExtracellular MatrixLigaments, ArticularStress, MechanicalCollagenElastinBovine nuchal ligamentCollagenConstitutive modelElastinMultiphoton imagingUniaxial tensile testing

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PMID37284997
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