Tissue Mechanics Flashcards
Osseous Tissue
Dense connective tissue, provides structural support to body, takes majority of loading
soft tissues
tendons, ligaments, articular cartilage, intervertebral disk and muscles
made of extracellular collagen fibers
Connective tissue proper
- provide support and stability to musculoskeletal system
- provide connection between bones (ligaments)
- joint lubrication (articular cartilage)
- can withstand large load and strain
- time dependent behavior
- passive structures
Tendons
- connect muscle-bone
- transmit tensile loads, produce joint motion, maintain posture
- collagen fibrils align in direction of tendon
- less elastin = stonger/stiffer
Ligaments
- connect bone-bone
- guide motion, joint stability, static constraint
- collagen fibrils oriented in different direction
- more elastin = larger strain
Extracellular matrix
- 80% of tendon and ligament tissue
- composed mostly of water (70%) type 1 collagen, elastin and proteoglycans
Proteoglycans
- complex macromolecules that consist of central long protein core
- 20% of ground substance
Elastin
Elastic protein that gives tendons and ligaments elastic properties
Collagen fibre
- long, straight, unbranched
- three fibrous proteins stranded together
- provides strength and resilience - act like spring
Tendons and Ligaments Structure
- collagen fibrils connected to each other by the proteoglycans
- collagen fibrils within fascicles parallel
- fascicles in tendons aligned with orientation of tendon
- fascicles in ligaments do not have to be aligned
Load and deformation for tendons and ligaments
- initial nonlinear toe region: displays large strain with only small stresses as wavy collagen straightened out
- Quasilinear region: displays relatively elastic behavior. Fibers straightened out and the stiffness increased rapidly
- Yield and failure region: progressive failures of collagen fibers take place at yield and then small force reduction occurs subsequently the tangent modulus decreases
Articular (hyaline) cartilage
- distribute joint loads, low friction and wear
- matrix, 25% wet weight
- water 75% wet weight
- triphasic material: porous matrix, water and ions
- 4 layers: superficial tangential, middle, deep and calcified
- resist compression loads: charged density (proteoglycans) and viscoelastic
- resistance to compression is primarily due to repulsive negative charges of trapped proteoglycan
- ions, recall repulsive negative charge is responsible for Ha
Intervertebral disc
- anulus fibrosis, nucleous pulposus and cartilaginous endplates
- inflated tire model: pressurized fluid confined by fibers
- aging weakens the strength and structure
- disc is highly viscoelastic, exhibiting creep response and showing hysteresis in strain recovery
- pressure P causes 3 stresses (axial, hoop and radial)
chondrocytes
- predominant cell in cartilage
- live in small chamber (lacunae)
fibrous cartilage
- resists compression
- prevents bone-bone contact
- limits relative movement
- pads within knee joint, b/w pubic bones of pelvis, intervertebral discs
elastic cartilage
- provides support, but tolerates distortion within damage and returns to original shape
- auricle of external ear, epiglottis, auditory canal, cuneiform cartilages of larynx
Hyaline cartilage
- provides stiff but flexible support
- reduces friction between bony surfaces
- between ribs, synovial joints, trachea, bronchi, nasal septum
4 layers of hyaline/articular cartilage
superficial tangential
middle zone
deep zone
calcified cartilage zone
why is cartilage slow healing
due to being poorly vascularized
steps of cartilage growth
- cells in the cellular layer of the perichondrium differentiate into chondroblasts
- these immature chondroblasts secrete new matrix
- as the matrix enlarges, more chondroblasts are incorporated, they are replaced by divisions of stem cells in the perichondrium
- chondrocyte undergoes division within a lacuna surrounded by cartilage matrix
- as the daughter cells secrete additional matrix, they move apart, expanding the cartilage from within
Avascular
lack of blood vessels