Bone marrow fills the spaces of the pores.
As such, the mechanical complexity of this two-phase biological tissue surpasses any engineering material, making it a fascinating subject of study regardless of clinical applications. Even so, there are important clinical implications related to the biomechanical behavior of trabecular bone, including osteoporosis, prosthesis loosening, bone remodeling, development of artificial bone substitutes, and design of drugs to combat bone disease, aging, and space flight. By addressing the relationship between the mechanical environment of trabecular bone and its biological activity, our long-term goal is to understand the biomechanics of bone in the truest sense of this term. A video demsonstraion of trabecular bone testing. A video description of finite element analysis applied to trabecular bone.