ABSTRACT
Hard tissue, mineralized tissue, and calcified tissue are open used as synonyms for bone when describing the structure and properties of bone or tooth. The hard is self-evident in comparison with all other mammalian tissues, which oen are referred to as so tissues. This chapter explains on the elastic and viscoelastic properties of compact cortical bone and the elastic properties of trabecular bone as exemplar of mineralized tissue mechanics. The composition of bone depends on a large number of factors: the species, which bone, the location from which the sample is taken, and the age, sex, and type of bone tissue, for example, woven, cancellous, cortical. However, a rough estimate for overall composition by volume is one-third Ap, one-third collagen and other organic components, and one-third H2O. In Maharidge’s study, both types of tissue specimens, the Haversian and plexiform, were obtained from different aspects of the same level of an adult bovine femur.
