• Identify and describe the following mechanical properties:
  • Compression Load
  • Tensile Load
  • Bending Load
  • Torsional Load
  • Shear Load
  • Elasticity and Plasticity
  • Stiffness
  • The various descriptors of mechanical strength: yield, ultimate, and failure strength
  • Stiff, ductile, brittle, and pliant
• Understand how applied loads affect bone, muscle and connective tissue
• Understand the aforementioned material properties and how they relate to hypertrophy and atrophy of bone, muscle, and connective tissue, especially related to osteoporosis

Slides used to discuss musculotendon mechanics.