Mechanical properties and adaptations of some less familiar bony tissues

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-372

  Currey, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MATERIALS; BONY TISSUE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; TESTING METHOD;

BONE; NANOINDENTATION; TISSUE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ANIMAL SHELL; BONE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; CARTILAGE; DEER; DENTIN; HORN; HUMAN; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TELEOST; TELEOST LEPIDOTRICHIA; TENDON; TOOTH; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; HORNS; HUMANS; TOOTH;

EID: 77954978719     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2010.03.002     Document Type: Review

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