1. Date of download: 12/30/2017
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From: Mechanical Properties of Female Reproductive Organs and Supporting Connective Tissues: A Review of the Current State of Knowledge
Appl. Mech. Rev. 2016;68(6): doi: /
Figure Legend:
Animal models used to collected mechanical data on pelvic tissues. Monkeys were used for the vagina and pelvic ligaments [94], swine for the uterus [27] and pelvic ligaments [87,96,97], ewes for the vagina [65,80], and rats/mice for the cervix [44–46], vagina [59,64], uterus [25], and pelvic ligaments [93].