An Investigation on the Correlation between the Mechanical Properties of Human Skull Bone, Its Geometry, Microarchitectural Properties, and Water Content

Table 1

Different variables of the used bone samples with mean ± standard deviation.

	Skull 1 bare bone	Skull 1 with soft tissues	Skull 2 bare bone	Skull 2 with soft tissues
Thickness (mm)	7.32 ± 1.87	5.75 ± 1.84	7.83 ± 1.63	8.40 ± 1.96
Width (mm)	10.12 ± 0.21	10.08 ± 0.32	10.46 ± 0.23	10.09 ± 0.32
Water content (%wt.)	28.40 ± 4.21	23.97 ± 3.66	16.38 ± 1.37	12.45 ± 0.86
Connectivity density (mm^−3)	4.11 ± 2.48	5.40 ± 5.42	4.53 ± 2.30	4.78 ± 7.38
Bone surface area (mm^2 per mm^3)	2.64 ± 0.42	2.91 ± 0.42	1.96 ± 0.52	1.39 ± 0.23
Trabecular volume ratio (%)	0.71 ± 0.11	0.64 ± 0.11	0.84 ± 0.08	0.89 ± 0.05