Soft tissues biomechanics

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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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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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