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Table 1 Angle of nutrient artery and location of the nutrient foramen (°, cm, n = 10)

From: Method for generating transparent porcine tibia showing the intraosseous artery

Tibia label

Angle of nutrient artery

Actual position of nutrient foramen

Relative position of nutrient foramen

Superior distance

Inferior distance

01

68.79

5.85

9.31

38.60%

02

33.60

5.58

8.30

40.21%

03

75.52

7.12

9.03

44.07%

04

85.79

6.42

9.27

40.92%

05

57.17

6.48

9.15

41.45%

06

63.29

6.30

9.07

40.99%

07

28.51

6.63

7.98

45.36%

08

37.11

5.64

8.18

40.80%

09

51.80

6.13

9.61

38.95%

10

24.15

5.67

8.97

38.74%

Max

85.79

  

45.36%

Min

24.15

  

38.60%

x ± s

52.57 ± 21.12

  

41.01% ± 2.22%

  1. Superior distance, distance between the nutrient foramen and the epiphyseal plate above the tibia; Inferior distance, distance between the nutrient foramen and the epiphyseal plate below the tibia; Relative position of nutrient foramen, Superior distance/(Superior distance + Inferior distance); x ± s, mean ± the standard deviation