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(a) Which is the hardest tissue in the ...

(a) Which is the hardest tissue in the body ? How ?
(b) What is meant by dried bone and decalcified bone ?

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(a) Bone is the hardest tissue in the body. Hardness is due to the calcification of its matrix.
(b) A dried bone is devoid of its organic matter and has only inorganic part. On the other hand, if bone's inorganic part is dissolved (when bone is placed in a dilute acid), and organic part is left behind, such a bone is said to be decalcified bone.
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