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- catalog abstract "This is the first book-length treatment of mathematical models of muscle functions. Although physiologists, biophysicists, and bioengineers often mention these models, particularly the important Huxley models, Thomas A. McMahon is the first completely to explain them. He addresses the questions "What makes the force in muscle?" and "How is this force controlled?" with precision and clarity, explaining his assumptions and retaining the steps in derivations so that the reader clearly understands the capabilities and limitations of the models. Using this procedure, he discusses, among other topics, the workings of the muscle spindle organ, the enhancement of running speed by "tuned track", and the evolutionary implications of scale. This book provides a framework for the many basic studies related to locomotion, which range from basic muscle mechanics and thermodynamics to coordinated motion. The author develops his comprehensive description of terrestrail animal locomoation by intergrating evidence from biochemical, physiological, morphological, and mechanical studies, without ignoring the complex ways in which these factors interact in the face of constraints imposed by size.".
- catalog contributor b430474.
- catalog created "c1984.".
- catalog date "1984".
- catalog date "c1984.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1984.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [311]-323.".
- catalog description "This is the first book-length treatment of mathematical models of muscle functions. Although physiologists, biophysicists, and bioengineers often mention these models, particularly the important Huxley models, Thomas A. McMahon is the first completely to explain them. He addresses the questions "What makes the force in muscle?" and "How is this force controlled?" with precision and clarity, explaining his assumptions and retaining the steps in derivations so that the reader clearly understands the capabilities and limitations of the models. Using this procedure, he discusses, among other topics, the workings of the muscle spindle organ, the enhancement of running speed by "tuned track", and the evolutionary implications of scale. This book provides a framework for the many basic studies related to locomotion, which range from basic muscle mechanics and thermodynamics to coordinated motion. The author develops his comprehensive description of terrestrail animal locomoation by intergrating evidence from biochemical, physiological, morphological, and mechanical studies, without ignoring the complex ways in which these factors interact in the face of constraints imposed by size.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 331 p. :".
- catalog identifier "069102376X (pbk.) :".
- catalog identifier "0691083223 :".
- catalog issued "1984".
- catalog issued "c1984.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog subject "Animal locomotion Mathematical models.".
- catalog subject "Biomechanical Phenomena.".
- catalog subject "Locomotion.".
- catalog subject "Models, Biological.".
- catalog subject "Movement.".
- catalog subject "Muscle contraction Mathematical models.".
- catalog subject "Muscles physiology.".
- catalog subject "QP321 .M338 1984".
- catalog subject "Reflex physiology.".
- catalog subject "Reflexes Mathematical models.".
- catalog subject "WE 103 M478m 1984".
- catalog title "Muscles, reflexes, and locomotion / Thomas A. McMahon.".
- catalog type "text".