Fig. 1 Schematic of specimen preparation. Location and size of the specimens are shown: ( a ) for FRAP tests, cylindrical specimens with a height of 2 mm and diameter of 6 mm were prepared from the central region of the meniscus along the axial direction and ( b ) the discs were then placed into t... More

Fig. 2 Strain-dependent diffusivity of fluorescein (gray) and D40K (white). For all the data reported, (*) indicates statistical significance ( p  < 0.05) across compression levels and (§) indicates statistical significance ( p  < 0.05) between molecules. More

Fig. 3 Strain-dependent anisotropic ratio of fluorescein (gray) and D40K (white). The anisotropic ratio was defined as the ratio between diffusion coefficient parallel to and orthogonal to the direction of the collagen fibers in the tissue. For all the data reported, (§) indicates statistical sign... More

Fig. 1 Sketch of the shape of the cochlea in this model (the Z -axis perpendicular to the plane) More

Fig. 2 The cross section of the cochlea (RM: Reissner's membrane) More

Fig. 3 Overall schematic diagram. It can demonstrate the connection between the BM, outer hair cell (OHC), and stereocilia (cilia) in the spiral cochlea. A blowup of the spiral model cross section shows the motion of the BM and stereocilia. More

Fig. 4 The geometry of the cochlea corresponding to different b values More

Fig. 5 Simplified geometry of the highest row outer hair cell (OHC) stereocilia matrix More