6. Mimicked Physical and Mechanical Functions in Scaffolds

Physical and mechanical functions are an important point to consider for the mimicking of scaffolds similar to natural tissue, so mimicked physical and mechanical function, as that of natural tissue, is used in the guidance to create scaffolds. There are many different tissues in the organs of the human body, and each tissue has different physical and mechanical functions, which fit to their organs and systems. For instance, bone tissue has more mechanical strength and stiffness than skin tissue. This is because bone tissue in the skeletal system, which has to resist high mechanical force during the movement of the body. Therefore, to understand the physical and mechanical properties of each tissue is the guidance to mimic performance scaffolds. In this chapter, mimicked physical and mechanical functions of the tissues is explained, and approaches for mimicking physical and mechanical functions in scaffolds are described.