Soft tissues biomechanics

Garant předmětu:

Lukáš Horný

Lecturer:

Lukáš Horný

Tutor:

Lukáš Horný

Synopsis:

The course of the Soft tissues biomechanics familiarizes students with physiological and mechanical processes and states observed in soft tissues like tendons, ligaments, cartilage, skin, and systems like gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and cardiovascular system. Balance principles of mechanics are applied to a particular tissue and a discussion of mechanical properties is provided and frequent pathologies are also pointed out with emphasize given to a mutual relationship between pathogenesis and biomechanics of tissues.

Anatomical introduction

Mechanics of fundamental tissue proteins

Biomechanics of tendons and ligaments

Cartilage biomechanics

Skin biomechanics

Anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system

Mechanics of the heart

Blood vessels‘ biomechanics

Hemodynamics

Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract

Digestion from biomechanical point of view

Anatomy and physiology of the genitourinary tract

Mechanical interaction in the genitourinary tract

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Study materials:

Taber L.A. (2004) Nonlinear theory of elasticity: Application in biomechanics. World Scientific, New Jersey.

Fung Y.C. (1993) Biomechanics: Mechanical properties of living tissues. Springer Science+Business Media, New York, second edition.

Fung Y.C. (1990) Biomechanics: Motion, flow, stress, and growth. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Humphrey J.D. (2002) Continuum biomechanics of soft biological tissues. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 459:3-46.

Humphrey J.D. (2003) Continuum thermodynamics and clinical treatment of disease and injury. Appl. Mech. Rev. 56(2):231-260.

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