On application of tensile forces, cancellous bone exhibits a brittle behavior but yielding occurs under:
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Think of spongy cancellous bone like an industrial metal or polymer foam:
- Pull it in tension, and the thin individual segments snap abruptly with brittle characteristics.
- Crush it in compression, and the cells progressively buckle and collapse inward. This structural collapse creates a long, energy-absorbing yielding plateau before the material fully solidifies.